Selected quad for the lemma: church_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
church_n	bishop_n	city_n	elder_n	3,358	5	10.0309	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A31482	Certain briefe treatises written by diverse learned men, concerning the ancient and moderne government of the church : wherein both the primitive institution of episcopacie is maintained, and the lawfulnesse of the ordination of the Protestant ministers beyond the seas likewise defended, the particulars whereof are set downe in the leafe following.		1641 (1641)	Wing C1687A; ESTC R8074	96,833	184

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ought_v to_o decree_v nothing_o without_o the_o counsel_n of_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o presbyter_n who_o themselves_o also_o by_o reason_n of_o this_o common_a administration_n of_o the_o church_n have_v the_o name_n of_o bishop_n in_o the_o scripture_n give_v unto_o they_o so_o we_o may_v see_v 280._o idem_fw-la de_fw-la animarum_fw-la curâ_fw-la officioque_fw-la pastor_n eccles_n ibid._n pag._n 280._o act._n 20.28_o that_o by_o the_o ordinance_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n the_o care_n of_o soul_n and_o the_o pastoral_a office_n ought_v to_o be_v impose_v upon_o all_o the_o presbyter_n of_o the_o church_n in_o common_a and_o from_o hence_o s._n hierome_n do_v right_o collect_v that_o the_o presbyter_n and_o bishop_n office_n and_o charge_n be_v one_o and_o the_o same_o hierome_n indeed_o write_v this_o withal_o that_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o church_n those_o presbyter_n take_v care_n of_o the_o church_n and_o govern_v it_o by_o common_a counsel_n and_o that_o then_o at_o length_n 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chief_o and_o in_o the_o high_a degree_n hence_o also_o our_o lord_n 582._o idem_fw-la de_fw-la vi_fw-la &_o usu_fw-la s._n ministerii_fw-la explicat_fw-la cantabrigiae_fw-la ann_n 1550._o ibid._n pag._n 581._o 582._o when_o he_o will_v have_v his_o to_o be_v conjoin_v and_o cohere_v one_o with_o another_o as_o member_n do_v in_o the_o body_n he_o subject_v every_o one_o of_o he_o unto_o other_o by_o who_o as_o by_o member_n of_o a_o more_o ample_a and_o large_a power_n and_o efficacy_n he_o may_v be_v preserve_v move_v and_o direct_v the_o same_o do_v the_o holy_a ghost_n command_v eph._n 5.21_o submit_v yourselves_o one_o to_o another_o in_o the_o fear_n of_o god_n the_o holy_a father_n therefore_o of_o old_a consider_v these_o thing_n appoint_v such_o a_o order_n in_o the_o clergy_n that_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o that_o rank_n shall_v be_v keep_v and_o govern_v by_o the_o singular_a care_n of_o the_o presbytery_n and_o that_o among_o the_o presbyter_n the_o bishop_n as_o the_o 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interpreter_n in_o the_o hieron_n the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lxx_o episccopus_fw-la levitarum_fw-la hieron_n 22._o vers_fw-la and_o not_o without_o approbation_n of_o the_o scripture_n itself_o which_o render_v the_o 109.8_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d psal_n 109.8_o hebrew_n word_n of_o the_o same_o original_n in_o the_o old_a by_o the_o 1.20_o the_o act._n 1.20_o greek_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o new_a testament_n of_o levi_n it_o be_v say_v by_o moses_n the_o man_n of_o god_n 33.10_o god_n deut._n 33.10_o they_o shall_v teach_v jacob_n thy_o judgement_n and_o israel_n thy_o law_n they_o shall_v put_v incense_n before_o thou_o and_o whole_a burn_a sacrifice_n upon_o thy_o altar_n because_o this_o latter_a part_n of_o their_o office_n have_v cease_v with_o they_o and_o the_o leviticall_a altar_n the_o truth_n prefigure_v thereby_o be_v now_o exhibit_v be_v quite_o take_v away_o may_v not_o we_o therefore_o conclude_v out_o of_o the_o former_a part_n which_o have_v no_o such_o typical_a relation_n in_o it_o that_o our_o bishop_n and_o presbyter_n shall_v be_v as_o the_o apostle_n will_v have_v they_o to_o be_v 3.2_o be_v 1._o tim._n 3.2_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d apt_a to_o teach_v 1.9_o teach_v tit._n 1.9_o able_a by_o sound_a doctrine_n both_o to_o exhort_v and_o to_o convince_v the_o gainsayers_a nay_o and_o out_o of_o the_o latter_a part_n itself_o where_o god_n have_v appoint_v that_o 28.1_o that_o deut._n 28.1_o the_o priest_n the_o levit_n and_o all_o the_o tribe_n of_o levi_n shall_v eat_v the_o offering_n of_o the_o lord_n make_v by_o fire_n do_v not_o the_o apostle_n by_o just_a analogy_n infer_v from_o thence_o that_o forasmuch_o as_o 14._o as_o 1._o cor._n 9.13_o 14._o they_o which_o wait_v at_o the_o altar_n be_v partaker_n with_o the_o altar_n even_o so_o have_v the_o lord_n ordain_v that_o they_o which_o preach_v the_o gospel_n shall_v live_v of_o the_o gospel_n with_o what_o show_n of_o reason_n than_o can_v any_o man_n imagine_v that_o what_o be_v institute_v by_o god_n in_o the_o law_n for_o mere_a matter_n of_o government_n and_o preservation_n of_o good_a order_n without_o all_o respect_n of_o type_n or_o ceremony_n shall_v now_o be_v reject_v in_o the_o gospel_n as_o a_o device_n of_o antichrist_n that_o what_o be_v by_o the_o lord_n once_o 2.21_o once_o jorem._n 2.21_o plant_v a_o noble_a vine_n whole_o a_o right_a seed_n shall_v now_o be_v so_o turn_v into_o the_o degenerate_a plant_n of_o a_o strange_a vine_n that_o not_o purge_v or_o prune_v of_o it_o will_v serve_v the_o turn_n but_o it_o must_v be_v cut_v down_o root_n and_o branch_n as_o 15.13_o as_o matth._n 15.13_o a_o plant_n which_o our_o heavenly_a father_n have_v never_o plant_v but_o nothing_o be_v so_o familiar_a now_o a_o day_n as_o to_o father_n upon_o antichrist_n whatsoever_o in_o church_n matter_n we_o

bishopric_n be_v contain_v that_o 23._o that_o insuper_fw-la praeter_fw-la septem_fw-la collaterales_fw-la episcopos_fw-la erant_fw-la alii_fw-la episcopt_v qui_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la suffraganci_fw-la romani_fw-la pontificis_fw-la nulli_fw-la alii_fw-la primati_fw-la vel_fw-la archiepiscopo_fw-la subjectis_fw-la qui_fw-la frequenter_a ad_fw-la synodos_n vocarentur_fw-la ms._n vatican_n apud_fw-la baron_n ann_n 1057._o §._o 23._o be_v immediate_o subject_a to_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n and_o frequent_o call_v to_o his_o synod_n the_o name_n whereof_o be_v find_v register_v in_o the_o record_n of_o that_o church_n the_o antiquity_n of_o which_o number_n as_o it_o may_v in_o some_o sort_n receive_v confirmation_n from_o the_o roman_a synod_n of_o seventy_o bishop_n hold_v under_o gelasius_n so_o for_o the_o distinction_n of_o the_o bishop_n which_o belong_v to_o the_o city_n of_o rome_n from_o those_o that_o appertain_v to_o italy_n we_o have_v a_o far_o more_o ancient_a testimony_n from_o the_o edict_n of_o the_o emperor_n aurelian_a who_o in_o the_o controversy_n that_o arise_v betwixt_o paulus_n samosatenus_fw-la and_o domnus_n for_o the_o house_n which_o belong_v unto_o the_o church_n of_o antioch_n command_v that_o it_o shall_v be_v deliver_v to_o they_o 〈◊〉_d they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v niceophorus_n callist_n lib._n 6._o hist_o cap._n 29._o but_o eusebius_n lib._n 7._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d more_o full_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o who_o the_o bishop_n of_o italy_n and_o rome_n shall_v by_o their_o letter_n declare_v that_o it_o ought_v to_o be_v give_v which_o distinction_n aswell_o in_o the_o forecited_a suprà_fw-la forecited_a exit_fw-la provinciâ_fw-la italiae_fw-la civitate_fw-la mediolanen_n etc._n etc._n exit_fw-la provinciâ_fw-la romanâ_fw-la civitate_fw-la portuen_n ut_fw-la suprà_fw-la act_n of_o the_o council_n of_o arles_n as_o in_o the_o epistle_n of_o the_o 588._o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d synod_n sardic_n epist_n ad_fw-la alexandrino_n in_o 2._o athanasii_fw-la apologiâ_fw-la tomo_fw-la 1._o oper_n edit_fw-la commelin_n pag._n 588._o sardican_a synod_n and_o 640._o and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d athanas_n epist_n ad_fw-la solitar_n vit_fw-mi agentes_fw-la ibid._n pag._n 640._o at_o hanasius_fw-la may_v likewise_o be_v observe_v the_o name_n of_o italy_n be_v in_o a_o more_o strict_a sense_n apply_v therein_o to_o the_o seven_o province_n which_o be_v under_o the_o civil_a jurisdiction_n of_o the_o vicarius_fw-la or_o lieutenant_n of_o italy_n and_o the_o ecclesiastical_a of_o the_o bishop_n of_o milan_n and_o it_o be_v well_o worth_a the_o observe_n that_o the_o father_n of_o the_o great_a council_n of_o nice_a afterward_o confirm_v this_o kind_n of_o primacy_n not_o only_o in_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n and_o antioch_n 6._o antioch_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d council_n nicaen_fw-la 1._o can._n 6._o but_o also_o in_o the_o metropolitan_o of_o other_o province_n do_v make_v their_o entrance_n into_o that_o canon_n with_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d let_v the_o ancient_a custom_n continue_v which_o open_v unto_o we_o the_o meaning_n of_o that_o complaint_n which_o some_o threescore_o and_o ten_o year_n before_o this_o s._n cyprian_n make_v against_o novatianus_n for_o the_o confusion_n which_o by_o his_o schism_n he_o bring_v upon_o the_o church_n of_o god_n that_o 52._o that_o cùm_fw-la jampridem_fw-la per_fw-la omnes_fw-la provincias_fw-la &_o per_fw-la urbes_fw-la singulas_fw-la ordinati_fw-la sint_fw-la episcopi_fw-la in_fw-la aetate_fw-la antiqui_fw-la in_fw-la fide_fw-la integri_fw-la in_fw-la pressurâ_fw-la probati_fw-la in_o persecutione_n proscripti_fw-la ille_fw-la super_fw-la eos_fw-la creare_fw-la alios_fw-la pseudoepiscopos_fw-fr audeat_fw-la cyprian_a epist_n 52._o whereas_o long_o since_o in_o all_o province_n and_o in_o all_o city_n bishop_n have_v be_v ordain_v in_o age_n ancient_a sound_a in_o faith_n try_v in_o affliction_n proscribe_v in_o persecution_n yet_o take_v he_o the_o boldness_n to_o create_v other_o false_a bishop_n over_o their_o head_n namely_o subordinate_a bishop_n in_o every_o city_n and_o metropolitan_o in_o every_o province_n in_o africa_n at_o that_o time_n although_o there_o be_v many_o civil_a province_n yet_o be_v there_o but_o one_o ecclesiastical_a whereof_o cyprian_n himself_o be_v 2._o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d council_n constantinopol_n in_o trullo_n can_v 2._o archbishop_n as_o the_o father_n of_o the_o trullan_n synod_n call_v he_o it_o please_v say_v he_o in_o one_o of_o his_o epistle_n 40._o epistle_n universis_fw-la episcopis_fw-la vel_fw-la in_o nostrâ_fw-la provinciâ_fw-la vel_fw-la trans_fw-la near_fw-mi constitutu_fw-la cyprian_a epist_n 40._o all_o the_o bishop_n constitute_v either_o in_o our_o province_n or_o beyond_o the_o sea_n intimate_v thereby_o that_o all_o the_o bishop_n which_o be_v on_o his_o side_n the_o sea_n do_v belong_v unto_o one_o province_n 45._o province_n quoniam_fw-la latiùs_fw-la fusa_fw-la est_fw-la nostra_fw-la provincia_fw-la habet_fw-la etiam_fw-la numidiam_fw-la &_o mauritanias_fw-la dvas_fw-la sibi_fw-la cohaerentes_fw-la id._n epist_n 45._o for_o our_o province_n say_v he_o in_o another_o place_n be_v spread_v more_o large_o have_v numidia_n also_o and_o both_o the_o mauritaniaes_n annex_v unto_o it_o whence_o that_o great_a council_n assemble_v by_o he_o for_o determine_v the_o question_n touch_v the_o baptise_v of_o those_o that_o have_v be_v baptize_v by_o heretic_n be_v say_v to_o be_v gather_v cypriam_fw-la gather_v exit_fw-la provinciâ_fw-la africâ_fw-la numidià_fw-la mauritaniâ_fw-la council_n cypriam_fw-la out_o of_o the_o province_n of_o africa_n numidia_n and_o mauritania_n for_o howsoever_o in_o the_o civil_a government_n the_o proconsular_a africa_n wherein_o carthage_n be_v seat_v numidia_n and_o both_o the_o mauritany_n sitifensis_n &_o caesareensis_fw-la be_v account_v three_o distinct_a province_n yet_o in_o the_o ecclesiastical_a administration_n they_o be_v join_v together_o and_o make_v but_o one_o province_n immediate_o subject_a to_o the_o metropolitical_a jurisdiction_n of_o the_o prime_n see_v of_o carthage_n some_o threescore_o year_n before_o this_o african_a council_n be_v hold_v by_o cyprian_a those_o other_o provincial_n synod_n be_v assemble_v by_o the_o metropolitan_o of_o sundry_a nation_n for_o the_o compose_n of_o the_o paschall_n controversy_n then_o hot_o pursue_v and_o among_o the_o rest_n that_o in_o our_o neighbour_n country_n out_o of_o 〈◊〉_d of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d euseb_n histor_n lib._n 5._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o parish_n for_o so_o in_o the_o ancient_a language_n of_o the_o church_n those_o precinct_n be_v name_v which_o now_o we_o call_v diocese_n of_o which_o irenaeus_n have_v the_o superintendency_n whence_o also_o he_o write_v that_o free_a epistle_n unto_o victor_n bishop_n of_o rome_n 〈◊〉_d rome_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ibid._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o person_n of_o those_o brethren_n over_o who_o he_o be_v precedent_n at_o which_o time_n and_o before_o the_o 〈◊〉_d the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ibid._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d most_o famous_a metropoles_fw-la of_o that_o country_n and_o so_o the_o ibid._n the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d id._n ibid._n most_o eminent_a church_n therein_o be_v lion_n &_o vienna_n in_o the_o one_o whereof_o irenaeus_n be_v then_o no_o les_fw-fr renown_v a_o prelate_n than_o cyprian_n be_v afterward_o in_o africa_n dionysius_n the_o famous_a bishop_n of_o corinth_n be_v elder_a than_o they_o who_o among_o many_o other_o epistle_n direct_v one_o 〈◊〉_d one_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d id._n lib._n 4._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o the_o church_n of_o gortyna_n and_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o church_n of_o crete_n wherein_o he_o salute_v their_o bishop_n philip._n whereby_o it_o appear_v that_o at_o that_o time_n aswell_o as_o in_o the_o age_n follow_v gortyna_n be_v the_o metropolis_n and_o the_o bishop_n thereof_o the_o metropolitan_a of_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o that_o whole_a island_n which_o kind_n of_o superintendency_n there_o eusebius_n the_o ancient_a ecclesiastical_a historian_n now_o extant_a derive_v from_o the_o very_a time_n of_o titus_n who_o out_o of_o the_o history_n that_o be_v before_o his_o time_n he_o relate_v to_o have_v hold_v 〈◊〉_d hold_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d id._n lib._n 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o bishopric_n of_o the_o church_n in_o crete_n with_o who_o the_o grecian_n of_o after_o time_n do_v full_o concur_v as_o appear_v both_o by_o the_o subscription_n annex_v by_o they_o unto_o the_o epistle_n of_o s._n paul_n 〈◊〉_d paul_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o titus_n ordain_v as_o there_o they_o say_v the_o first_o bishop_n of_o the_o church_n of_o the_o cretan_n and_o by_o the_o argument_n out_o of_o theodoret_n prefix_v by_o they_o before_o the_o same_o speak_v of_o he_o to_o the_o same_o effect_n that_o occumenio_n that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d theodoret_n argument_n epist_n ad_fw-la tit._n in_o occumenio_n he_o be_v by_o paul_n ordain_v bishop_n of_o that_o great_a country_n and_o have_v commission_n

to_o gather_v at_o large_a as_o 16._o as_o erasm_n annot_n in_o act._n 16_o &_o rom._n 16._o erasmus_n do_v after_o he_o that_o asia_n in_o the_o new_a testament_n denote_v that_o part_n of_o asia_n minor_a in_o which_o ephesus_n stand_v it_o be_v here_o also_o further_o to_o be_v note_v that_o as_o in_o the_o state_n of_o the_o civil_a government_n the_o jurisdiction_n of_o the_o annual_a precedent_n by_o aristides_n style_v 〈◊〉_d style_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d aristid_n in_o orat_fw-la citat_fw-la quum_fw-la antea_fw-la dixisset_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bishop_n be_v extend_v unto_o all_o the_o city_n that_o be_v contain_v within_o the_o limit_n of_o their_o several_a province_n so_o in_o the_o eastern_a empire_n especial_o the_o ecclesiastical_a regiment_n be_v herein_o conform_v unto_o the_o civil_a there_o be_v but_o one_o metropolitan_a bishop_n settle_v in_o every_o province_n unto_o who_o the_o bishop_n of_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o city_n be_v subordinate_v by_o which_o mean_v it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o of_o the_o seven_o church_n in_o asia_n speak_v of_o in_o the_o book_n of_o the_o revelation_n ephesus_n alone_o in_o the_o day_n of_o constantine_n have_v the_o metropolitical_a dignity_n lest_o unto_o it_o then_o after_o the_o day_n of_o valens_n the_o emperor_n lydia_n be_v separate_v from_o asia_n the_o bishop_n of_o sardis_n which_o have_v be_v the_o 625._o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d strabo_n lib._n 13._o pag._n 625._o ancient_a seat_n of_o the_o lydian_a king_n become_v the_o metropolitan_a of_o that_o province_n the_o see_v of_o philadelphia_n and_o 8._o and_o in_o the_o latin_a edition_n of_o the_o subscription_n adjoin_v unto_o the_o 6_o action_n of_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n thyatira_n be_v make_v subject_n to_o synnada_n but_o the_o greek_a read_v there_o not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d rather_o a_o see_v well_o know_v to_o be_v suffragan_a to_o synnada_n which_o synnada_n in_o socratis_n histor_n ecclesiast_fw-la lib._n 7._o cap._n 3._o be_v by_o another_o error_n make_v to_o be_v a_o city_n of_o phrygia_n pacatiana_n whereas_o it_o be_v without_o all_o controverfy_a the_o metropolis_n of_o phrygia_n salutaris_n see_v the_o subscript_n of_o the_o v._o general_a council_n collat._n 8._o thyatira_n be_v make_v subject_a to_o he_o as_o smyrna_n and_o pergamus_n be_v to_o the_o bishop_n of_o ephesus_n there_o remain_v then_o of_o the_o seven_o only_a laedicea_n which_o get_v the_o honour_n of_o be_v the_o metropolis_n of_o phrygia_n pacatiana_n as_o we_o read_v in_o the_o greek_a subscription_n of_o the_o first_o epistle_n unto_o timothy_n the_o lateness_n whereof_o be_v thence_o right_o collect_v by_o the_o learned_a 145._o learned_a vnde_fw-la satis_fw-la liquere_fw-la potest_fw-la de_fw-fr subscriptione_n primae_fw-la epistolae_fw-la ad_fw-la timotheum_n recentiorem_fw-la eam_fw-la esse_fw-la cujac_n in_o exposit_n novel_a 145._o cujacius_n for_o as_o the_o distinction_n of_o phrygia_n pacatiana_n and_o salutaris_n be_v not_o where_o to_o be_v find_v before_o the_o distribution_n of_o the_o province_n make_v by_o constantine_n so_o at_o that_o time_n also_o when_o but_o one_o metropolis_n be_v allot_v unto_o every_o province_n it_o be_v a_o question_n whether_o of_o those_o two_o 21._o two_o laodicea_n and_o hierapolis_n as_o they_o be_v near_o one_o another_o and_o so_o conjoin_v by_o the_o apostle_n in_o coloss_n 4.13_o so_o have_v they_o the_o first_o place_n also_o assign_v unto_o they_o among_o the_o city_n of_o phrygia_n pacariana_n by_o hierocles_n in_o the_o civil_a list_n of_o the_o province_n append_v geogr._n sacr_n pag._n 21._o prime_a city_n that_o be_v so_o near_o together_o hierapolis_n which_o without_o all_o controversy_n be_v acknowledge_v to_o belong_v unto_o phrygia_n be_v not_o rather_o choose_v to_o be_v the_o mother_n city_n therein_o then_o laodicea_n which_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o doubtful_a situation_n thereof_o as_o we_o have_v hear_v be_v indifferent_o challenge_v to_o appertain_v unto_o phrygia_n garia_n and_o lydia_n in_o the_o day_n of_o the_o succeed_a emperor_n indeed_o 12._o indeed_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d council_n chalcedon_n can._n 12._o who_o yield_v so_o far_o to_o the_o ambition_n of_o some_o bishop_n that_o they_o be_v content_a there_o shall_v be_v two_o metropolitan_n in_o one_o province_n both_o these_o city_n be_v account_v for_o the_o metropoles_fw-la of_o phrygia_n pacatiana_n which_o be_v the_o cause_n why_o in_o the_o four_o general_a council_n assemble_v at_o chalcedon_n aswell_o 6._o aswell_o council_n chalced._n act._n 6._o nunechius_n bishop_n of_o the_o metropolis_n of_o laodicea_n as_o stephen_n bishop_n of_o the_o metropolis_n of_o hierapolis_n do_v subscribe_v for_o themselves_o and_o the_o absent_a bishop_n which_o be_v under_o they_o as_o also_o in_o the_o five_o general_a council_n hold_v at_o constantinople_n there_o be_v mention_v make_v at_o the_o same_o time_n 8._o time_n council_n v._o collat._n 8._o of_o john_n bishop_n of_o the_o metropolis_n of_o the_o laodicean_n and_o auxanon_n bishop_n of_o the_o metropolis_n of_o the_o hierapolitan_o and_o in_o the_o six_o of_o tiberius_n bishop_n of_o the_o laodicean_n and_o sisinnius_n of_o the_o hierapolitan_o either_o of_o they_o give_v unto_o his_o seat_n the_o title_n 18._o title_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d council_n vi_o constantinop_n act._n 18._o of_o the_o metropolis_n of_o the_o pacatian_a phrygian_n and_o although_o by_o a_o canon_n of_o the_o say_a council_n of_o chalcedon_n it_o be_v provide_v that_o any_o bishop_n which_o afterward_o 12._o afterward_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d council_n chalced._n can_v 12._o will_v attempt_v to_o make_v such_o division_n to_o the_o derogation_n of_o the_o right_n of_o his_o own_o metropolitan_a shall_v be_v deprive_v of_o his_o dignity_n and_o that_o ibid._n that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ibid._n the_o new_a metropoles_fw-la former_o constitured_a by_o the_o imperial_a charter_n shall_v so_o content_v themselves_o with_o this_o honour_n that_o the_o proper_a right_n shall_v still_o be_v preserve_v unto_o that_o which_o be_v the_o metropolis_n indeed_o yet_o we_o see_v for_o all_o this_o that_o 98._o that_o notit_fw-la graec._n in_o appendic_n geograph_n sacr_n pag._n 16._o &_o 18._o item_n 48._o &_o 52._o jur._n graeco_n roman_a tom_fw-mi 1._o pag._n 94._o &_o 98._o in_o the_o list_n of_o the_o bishopric_n of_o the_o east_n make_v in_o the_o succeed_a time_n there_o be_v still_o distinct_a suffragans_fw-la reckon_v under_o these_o two_o metropolitan_o of_o laodicea_n and_o hierapolis_n and_o that_o diverse_a other_o private_a bishop_n be_v not_o hereby_o restrain_v from_o aspire_v unto_o a_o metropolitical_a dignity_n among_o who_o to_o speak_v only_o of_o those_o who_o be_v within_o our_o compass_n be_v the_o bishop_n of_o smyrna_n who_o find_v the_o mean_n to_o be_v make_v first_o 40._o first_o notir_v graec._n in_o append_v geograph_n sacr_n pag._n 8._o &_o 40._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o independent_a and_o then_o 45._o then_o jur._n graeco-roman_a tom_fw-mi 1._o pag._n 88_o &_o 45._o a_o metropolitan_a with_o 100_o with_o ibid._n pag._n 100_o seven_o suffragans_fw-la depend_v upon_o he_o junii_fw-la he_o georg._n codin_n curopalat_n de_fw-fr offic._n constantinop_n pag._n 221._o &_o 237._o edit_n fr._n junii_fw-la the_o bishop_n of_o pergamus_n who_o be_v exempt_v likewise_o from_o his_o subordination_n to_o ephesus_n and_o make_v a_o metropolitan_a by_o himself_o and_o the_o bishop_n of_o philadelphia_n 231._o philadelphia_n ibid._n pag._n 219._o &_o 231._o who_o by_o andronicus_n palaeologus_n the_o elder_a be_v substitute_v into_o the_o place_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o sardis_n and_o make_v metropolitan_a of_o all_o lydia_n so_o as_o of_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o seven_o church_n mention_v in_o the_o book_n of_o the_o revelation_n he_o of_o thyatira_n only_o except_v all_o at_o the_o last_o become_v metropolitan_n as_o they_o be_v at_o the_o first_o but_o among_o all_o these_o the_o see_v of_o ephesus_n have_v evermore_o the_o preeminence_n and_o as_o it_o be_v the_o mother_n city_n of_o the_o proconsular_a asia_n so_o be_v that_o asia_n likewise_o the_o prime_a province_n of_o all_o the_o asian_a diocese_n and_o have_v in_o such_o esteem_n that_o the_o proconsul_n thereof_o be_v exempt_v from_o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o the_o praefectus_fw-la praetorio_fw-la orientis_fw-la as_o before_o we_o have_v hear_v out_o of_o eunapius_n unto_o which_o the_o vicarius_fw-la or_o lieutenant_n of_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o asian_a diocese_n be_v subject_a gonformable_o whereunto_o in_o the_o ecclesiastical_a government_n the_o bishop_n of_o ephesus_n be_v not_o only_o hold_v to_o be_v the_o metropolitan_a of_o the_o proconsular_a asia_n but_o also_o the_o primate_n of_o all_o the_o province_n that_o be_v contain_v within_o the_o compass_n

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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d do_v now_o of_o what_o city_n these_o primate_fw-la of_o the_o diocese_n be_v bishop_n and_o what_o province_n belong_v to_o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o every_o one_o i_o can_v set_v down_o but_o i_o shall_v be_v long_o which_o i_o be_o loath_a to_o be_v love_v a_o great_a deal_n better_a sparingnesse_n than_o prolixity_n of_o discourse_n and_o special_o at_o this_o present_a when_o i_o have_v no_o leisure_n to_o spare_v but_o by_o this_o that_o i_o have_v already_o say_v of_o the_o number_n of_o the_o diocese_n you_o may_v see_v that_o there_o be_v xi_o primate_fw-la beside_o the_o iii_o patriarch_n for_o of_o the_o xiii_o diocese_n beside_o the_o praefecture_n of_o the_o city_n of_o rome_n which_o as_o before_o i_o say_v be_v administer_v by_o the_o patriarch_n of_o rome_n that_o of_o egypt_n be_v govern_v by_o the_o patriarch_n of_o alexandria_n and_o that_o of_o the_o orient_a by_o the_o patriarch_n of_o antiochia_n and_o all_o the_o rest_n by_o the_o primate_fw-la yet_o 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isidorus_n de_fw-fr patrib_n and_o dorothei_n synopsis_n to_o two_o of_o these_o timothy_n and_o titus_n the_o one_o at_z ephesus_z the_o other_o at_o crete_n euseb_n lib._n 3._o cap._n 4._o the_o apostle_n impart_v their_o own_o commission_n while_o they_o yet_o live_v even_o the_o chief_a authority_n they_o have_v to_o appoint_v priest_n tit._n 1.5_o &_o hieron_n in_o eum_fw-la locum_fw-la to_o ordain_v they_o by_o imposition_n of_o hand_n 1._o tim._n 5.22_o 2._o tim._n 2.2_o to_o keep_v safe_a and_o preserve_v the_o depositum_fw-la 1._o tim._n 6.14_o 20.2_o tim._n 1.14_o to_o command_v not_o to_o teach_v other_o thing_n 1._o tim._n 1.3_o tit._n 3.9_o 2._o tim._n 2.16_o to_o receive_v accusation_n 1._o tim._n 5.19_o 21._o to_o redress_v or_o correct_v thing_n amiss_o tit._n 1.5_o to_o reject_v young_a widow_n 1._o tim._n 5.11_o to_o censure_v heretic_n and_o disorder_a person_n tit._n 1.11_o and_o 3.10_o 1._o tim_n 6.5_o 2._o tim._n 3.5_o and_o these_o after_o the_o apostle_n decease_v succeed_v they_o in_o their_o charge_n of_o government_n which_o be_v ordinary_a successive_a and_o perpetual_a their_o extraordinary_a gift_n of_o miracle_n and_o tongue_n cease_v with_o they_o so_o irenaeus_n lib._n 3._o cap._n 3._o quos_fw-la &_o successores_fw-la relinquebant_fw-la suum_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la locum_fw-la magisterii_fw-la tradentes_fw-la of_o the_o promiscuous_a use_n of_o their_o name_n these_o be_v they_o who_o posterity_n call_v bishop_n but_o in_o the_o beginning_n regard_n be_v not_o have_v to_o distinction_n of_o name_n the_o authority_n and_o power_n be_v ever_o distinct_a the_o name_n not_o restrain_v either_o in_o this_o or_o other_o the_o apostle_n be_v call_v priest_n or_o senior_n 1._o pet._n 5.1_o deacon_n or_o minister_n 1._o cor._n 3.5_o teacher_n or_o doctor_n 1._o tim._n 2.7_o bishop_n or_o overseer_n act_n 1.20_o prophet_n act_n 13.1_o revel_v 22.9_o evangelist_n 1._o cor._n 9.16_o the_o name_n of_o apostle_n be_v enlarge_v and_o make_v 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quos_fw-la vocavit_fw-la episcopos_fw-la &_o in_o 1._o tim._n 3._o eosdem_fw-la olim_fw-la vocabant_fw-la episcopos_fw-la &_o presbyteros_fw-la eos_fw-la autem_fw-la qui_fw-la nunc_fw-la vocantur_fw-la episcopi_fw-la nominabant_fw-la apostolos_fw-la oecumenius_n non_fw-la quòd_fw-la in_o unâ_fw-la civitate_fw-la multi_fw-la essent_fw-la episcopi_fw-la etc._n etc._n for_o in_o the_o apostle_n absence_n in_o church_n new_a plant_v the_o oversight_n be_v in_o they_o till_o the_o apostle_n ordain_v and_o send_v they_o a_o bishop_n either_o by_o reason_n of_o some_o schism_n or_o for_o other_o cause_n the_o bishop_n as_o the_o ecclesiastical_a history_n recount_v they_o be_v call_v apostle_n philip._n 2.25_o evangelist_n 2._o tim._n 4.5_o diaconi_fw-la 1._o tim._n 4.6_o priest_n 1._o tim._n 5.17_o for_o it_o be_v plain_a by_o the_o epistle_n of_o irenaeus_n to_o victor_n in_o eusebius_n lib._n 5._o cap._n 26._o that_o they_o at_o the_o beginning_n be_v call_v priest_n that_o in_o very_a truth_n and_o propriety_n of_o speech_n be_v bishop_n and_o by_o theodoret_n in_o 1._o tim._n 3._o that_o they_o which_o be_v bishop_n be_v at_o the_o first_o call_v apostle_n the_o name_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v suidas_n be_v give_v by_o the_o athenian_n to_o they_o which_o be_v send_v to_o oversee_v the_o city_n that_o be_v under_o their_o jurisdiction_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o name_n episcopus_fw-la be_v give_v among_o the_o roman_n to_o he_o qui_fw-la praeerat_fw-la pani_fw-la &_o vaenalibus_fw-la ad_fw-la victum_fw-la quotidianum_fw-la ff_n de_fw-fr munerib_n &_o honorib_n cicere_fw-la ad_fw-la atticum_fw-la lib._n 7._o epist_n 10._o vult_fw-la me_fw-it pompeius_n esse_fw-la quem_fw-la tota_fw-la haec_fw-la campania_n &_o maritima_fw-la ora_fw-la habeat_fw-la episcopum_fw-la the_o name_n in_o hebrew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d gen._n 41.34_o seem_v to_o have_v relation_n to_o the_o second_o use_n for_o they_o be_v such_o as_o have_v charge_n of_o the_o grain_n lay_v up_o and_o sell_v under_o joseph_n the_o necessary_a use_n of_o the_o bishop_n office_n and_o the_o charge_v commit_v to_o he_o the_o party_n who_o in_o the_o new_a testament_n be_v call_v episcopus_fw-la be_v in_o the_o old_a call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d psal_n 109.8_o with_o act._n 1.20_o in_o a_o house_n or_o family_n it_o be_v first_o affirm_v of_o joseph_n gen._n 39.4_o who_o have_v the_o oversight_n and_o government_n of_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o servant_n in_o a_o house_n there_o may_v be_v many_o servant_n which_o have_v place_n of_o charge_n but_o there_o be_v one_o that_o have_v the_o charge_n of_o all_o that_o be_v oeconomus_fw-la the_o steward_n so_o do_v the_o apostle_n term_v themselves_o 1._o cor._n 4.1_o and_o their_o office_n 1._o cor._n 9.17_o and_o their_o successor_n the_o bishop_n tit._n 1.7_o vid._n hilar._n in_o matth._n 24.45_o in_o a_o flock_n evagrium_fw-la vid._n hierenym_n epist_n 4._o ad_fw-la ruslicum_fw-la cap._n 6._o &_o epist_n 85._o ad_fw-la evagrium_fw-la the_o pastor_n joh._n 21.15_o act._n 20.28_o mat._n 25.32_o 1._o pet._n 5.2_o ephes_n 4.11_o in_o a_o camp_n the_o captain_n matth._n 2.6_o hebr._n 13.7_o 17_o 24._o in_o a_o ship_n the_o governor_n 1._o cor._n 12.28_o under_o who_o other_o act._n 13.5_o in_o the_o commonwealth_n they_o be_v such_o as_o be_v set_v over_o officer_n to_o hasten_v they_o forward_o and_o see_v they_o do_v their_o duty_n as_o in_o 2._o chron._n 34.12_o and_o 31.13_o nehem._n 11.22_o and_o 12.42_o so_o that_o what_o a_o steward_n be_v in_o a_o house_n a_o pastor_n in_o a_o flock_n a_o captain_n in_o a_o camp_n a_o master_n in_o a_o ship_n a_o surveiour_n in_o a_o office_n that_o be_v a_o bishop_n in_o the_o ministry_n upon_o he_o lie_v to_o take_v care_n of_o the_o church_n under_o he_o 2._o cor._n 11.28_o philip._n 2.20_o 1._o pet._n 5.2_o council_n antiochen_n can_v 9_o and_o for_o that_o end_n to_o visit_v they_o act._n 9.32_o and_o 15.36_o be_v to_o be_v observant_a of_o that_o which_o be_v well_o and_o orderly_a to_o confirm_v it_o act._n 15.41_o revel_v 3.2_o otherwise_o to_o redress_v it_o tit._n 1.5_o to_o he_o be_v commit_v i._o authority_n of_o ordain_v tit._n 1.5_o and_o so_o of_o beget_v father_n epiph._n haeres_fw-la 75._o see_v ambrose_n theodoret_n and_o oecumenius_n in_o 1._o timoth._n 3_o damasus_n epist_n 3._o hierome_n epist_n 85._o ad_fw-la evagr._fw-la leo_fw-la epist_n 88_o council_n ancyran_n can_v 12._o al._n 13._o for_o though_o s._n paul_n shall_v mention_v a_o company_n with_o he_o at_o the_o ordain_v of_o timothy_n 1._o tim._n 4.14_o yet_o it_o follow_v not_o but_o that_o he_o only_o be_v the_o ordeyner_n no_o more_o then_o that_o christ_n be_v the_o only_a judge_n although_o the_o xii_o shall_v sit_v with_o he_o on_o throne_n luc._n 22.30_o ii_o authority_n of_o enjoin_v or_o forbid_v 1._o tim._n 1.3_o ignat._n ad_fw-la magnesian_n cyprian_a epist_n 39_o iii_o authority_n of_o hold_v court_n and_o receive_v accusation_n 1._o tim._n 5.19_o 1._o cor._n 5.12_o revel_v 2.2_o augustin_n de_fw-fr opere_fw-la monachor_n cap._n 29._o iv_o authority_n of_o correct_v 1._o tim._n 1.3_o tit._n 1.5_o hieron_n contra_fw-la lucifer_n cap._n 4._o &_o epist_n 53._o ad_fw-la riparium_fw-la cyprian_a ep_v 38._o ad_fw-la rogatianum_fw-la v._o authority_n of_o appoint_v fast_n tertullian_n advers._fw-la psychicos_fw-la finis_fw-la the_o original_a of_o bishop_n and_o metropolitan_o brief_o lay_v down_o by_o martin_n bucer_n sometime_o professor_n of_o divinity_n in_o the_o university_n of_o cambridge_n john_n rainolde_v late_a professor_n of_o divinity_n in_o the_o university_n of_o oxford_n james_n usher_n sometime_o professor_n of_o divinity_n in_o the_o university_n of_o dublin_n afterward_o archbishop_n of_o armagh_n and_o primate_n of_o all_o ireland_n whereunto_o be_v annex_v a_o geographical_a and_o historical_a disquisition_n touch_v the_o lydian_a or_o proconsular_a asia_n and_o the_o seven_o metropolitical_a church_n 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do_v not_o find_v to_o suit_n with_o our_o own_o humour_n the_o safe_a way_n will_v be_v to_o consult_v with_o christ_n himself_o herein_o and_o hear_v what_o he_o deliver_v in_o the_o cause_n these_o thing_n say_v he_o that_o have_v the_o seven_o star_n revel_v iii_o 1._o he_o ow_v then_o we_o see_v these_o star_n whatsoever_o they_o be_v and_o the_o mystery_n of_o they_o he_o thus_o further_o open_v unto_o his_o belove_a disciple_n the_o seven_o star_n which_o thou_o see_v in_o my_o right_a hand_n be_v the_o angel_n of_o the_o seven_o church_n revel_v i._o 20._o from_o which_o word_n a_o learned_a man_n very_o much_o devote_v to_o the_o now_o so_o high_o admire_v discipline_n deduce_v this_o conclusion_n 1.20_o conclusion_n quanta_fw-la igitur_fw-la dignitas_fw-la verorum_fw-la pastorum_fw-la qui_fw-la tum_fw-la stellae_fw-la sunt_fw-la non_fw-la in_o alio_fw-la firmamento_fw-la quàm_fw-la in_o dextrâ_fw-la chrisli_n fixae_fw-la tum_fw-la angeli_fw-la tho._n brightman_n in_o apocalyps_n 1.20_o how_o great_a therefore_o be_v the_o dignity_n of_o true_a pastor_n who_o be_v both_o star_n fix_v in_o no_o other_o firmament_n then_o in_o the_o right_a hand_n of_o christ_n and_o angel_n he_o have_v consider_v well_o that_o in_o the_o church_n of_o ephesus_n one_o of_o the_o seven_o here_o point_v at_o there_o be_v many_o 28._o many_o act._n 20.17_o 28._o presbyter_n who_o the_o holy_a ghost_n have_v make_v bishop_n or_o overseer_n over_o all_o that_o flock_n to_o feed_v the_o church_n of_o god_n which_o he_o have_v purchase_v with_o his_o own_o blood_n and_o withal_o he_o see_v that_o by_o admit_v one_o angel_n there_o above_o the_o rest_n all_o as_o well_o 11.18_o well_o judg._n 2.1_o hagg._n 1.13_o matth._n 11.18_o extraordinary_a prophet_n as_o 2.7_o as_o malach._n 2.7_o ordinary_a pastor_n be_v in_o their_o own_o several_a station_n account_v angel_n or_o messenger_n of_o the_o lord_n of_o host_n he_o shall_v be_v force_v also_o to_o acknowledge_v the_o 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dicam_fw-la collegio_fw-la pastorum_fw-la quiomnes_n hâc_fw-la communi_fw-la voce_fw-la comprchenduntur_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la un_fw-mi we_o erat_fw-la angelus_n ephesi_n sed_fw-la plures_fw-la nec_fw-la inter_fw-la istos_fw-la aliqul_n princeos_fw-la brigheman_n in_o apolyps_n 2_o 1._o any_o one_o angel_n shall_v be_v mean_v hereby_o but_o the_o whole_a college_n of_o pastor_n rather_o and_o all_o upon_o pretence_n of_o a_o poor_a show_n of_o some_o shallow_a reason_n that_o there_o be_v not_o one_o angel_n of_o ephesus_n but_o many_o and_o among_o they_o not_o any_o principal_a which_o wrea_v of_o the_o plain_a word_n of_o our_o saviour_n be_v so_o extreme_a violent_a that_o m._n beza_n though_o every_o way_n as_o zealous_o affect_v to_o the_o advancement_n of_o the_o new_a discipline_n as_o be_v the_o other_o can_v by_o no_o mean_n digest_v it_o but_o ingenuous_o acknowledge_v the_o meaning_n of_o our_o lord_n direction_n to_o have_v be_v this_o 2.1_o this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d id_fw-la est_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quem_fw-la nimirùn_fw-la opertuit_fw-la inprimis_fw-la de_fw-fr his_o rebus_fw-la admoneri_fw-la ac_fw-la per_fw-la cum_fw-la caereros_fw-la collegas_fw-la toranque_fw-la ade●_n ecclesiam_fw-la bez._n in_o apocalyps_n 2.1_o to_o the_o angel_n that_o be_v to_o the_o precedent_n as_o who_o it_o behoove_v special_o to_o be_v admonish_v touch_v those_o matter_n and_o by_o he_o both_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o colleague_n and_o the_o whole_a church_n likewise_o and_o that_o there_o be_v then_o a_o stand_a precedent_n over_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o pastor_n of_o ephesus_n &_o he_o the_o very_a same_o as_o learned_a 3._o learned_a conference_n with_o hart_n c._n 8_o divis_fw-la 3._o doctor_n rainolde_v add_v with_o he_o who_o afterward_o the_o father_n call_v bishop_n may_v further_o be_v make_v manifest_a not_o only_o by_o the_o succession_n of_o the_o first_o bishop_n of_o that_o church_n but_o also_o by_o the_o clear_a testimony_n of_o ignatius_n who_o within_o no_o great_a compass_n of_o time_n then_o twelve_o year_n afterward_o distinguish_v the_o singular_a and_o constant_a precedent_n thereof_o from_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o number_n of_o the_o presbyter_n by_o appropriate_v the_o name_n of_o bishop_n unto_o he_o as_o for_o the_o former_a we_o find_v it_o open_o declare_v in_o the_o general_a council_n of_o chalvedon_n by_o leontius_n bishop_n of_o magnesia_n that_o 11._o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d council_n chalcedon_n act._n 11._o from_o timothy_n &_o so_o from_o the_o day_n of_o the_o apostle_n there_o have_v be_v a_o continue_a succession_n of_o seven_o and_o twenty_o bishop_n all_o of_o they_o ordain_v in_o ephesau_n of_o which_o number_n the_o angel_n of_o the_o church_n of_o ephesus_n mention_v in_o the_o revelation_n must_v needs_o be_v one_o whether_o it_o be_v timothy_n himself_o as_o 7._o as_o vid._n perer._n in_o apocalyps_n cap._n 2._o disp_n 2._o alcazar_n prooem_n in_o cap._n 2._o &_o 3_o apocal._n notar_n 1._o &_o petr._n halloix_n notat_fw-la in_fw-la vit_fw-mi polycarp_n c._n 7._o some_o conceive_v or_o one_o of_o his_o next_o successor_n as_o other_o rather_o do_v imagine_v for_o that_o timothy_n have_v be_v sometime_o 1.1_o sometime_o notandum_fw-la est_fw-la ex_fw-la boc_fw-la loco_fw-la timotheum_n in_o ephesino_n presbyterio_n tum_fw-la fuisse_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i.e._n antistite_fw-la ut_fw-la vocat_fw-la justinus_n bez._n annotat._n in_o 1._o tim._n 5.19_o qui_fw-la politiae_fw-la causâ_fw-la reliquis_fw-la fratribus_fw-la in_o coetu_fw-la praeerat_fw-la quem_fw-la justinus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vocat_fw-la peculiariter_fw-la dici_fw-la episcopus_fw-la coepit_fw-la id._n in_o philip._n 1.1_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v the_o appellation_n that_o justin_n martyr_n give_v unto_o he_o who_o other_o of_o the_o father_n do_v peculiar_o term_v a_o bishop_n or_o antistes_fw-la or_o precedent_n of_o the_o ephesine_n presbytery_n be_v confess_v by_o beza_n himself_o and_o that_o he_o be_v ordain_v the_o first_o bishop_n of_o the_o church_n of_o the_o ephesian_n we_o do_v not_o only_o read_v in_o the_o subscription_n of_o the_o second_o epistle_n to_o timothy_n and_o the_o ecclesiastical_a history_n of_o 〈◊〉_d of_o euseb_n hist_o lib._n 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d eusebius_n but_o also_o in_o two_o ancient_a treatise_n concern_v the_o martyrdom_n of_o timothy_n the_o one_o nameless_a in_o the_o library_n of_o 4._o of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d phot._n bicliot_n num_fw-la 2.5_o 4._o photius_n the_o other_o bear_v the_o name_n of_o 1485._o of_o polycrat_fw-mi de_fw-fr martyrio_fw-la timothei_n inter_fw-la vitas_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la edit_fw-la lovanil_n anno_fw-la 1485._o polycrates_n even_o of_o that_o polycrates_n who_o be_v not_o only_a himself_o bishop_n of_o this_o church_n of_o ephesus_n but_o bear_v also_o within_o six_o or_o seven_o and_o thirty_o year_n after_o s._n john_n write_v the_o forenamed_a epistle_n unto_o the_o angel_n of_o that_o church_n as_o it_o appear_v by_o the_o year_n he_o be_v of_o when_o he_o write_v that_o epistle_n unto_o victor_n bishop_n of_o rome_n wherein_o he_o make_v mention_n of_o 〈◊〉_d of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d polycrat_fw-mi epist_n ad_fw-la victorem_fw-la apud_fw-la euseb_n l._n 5._o hist_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d seven_o kinsman_n of_o he_o who_o have_v be_v bishop_n he_o himself_o be_v the_o eight_o i_o come_v now_o to_o the_o testimony_n of_o ignatius_n who_o 〈◊〉_d who_o theodoret._n in_o dialogo_fw-la 1._o sive_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d theodoret_n and_o 1606_o and_o fellix_fw-la iii_o in_o epist_n ad_fw-la zenonem_fw-la imp._n recitat_fw-la in_fw-la v._o synodo_fw-la constantinopol_n act._n 1._o tomo_fw-la 2._o concilior_fw-la pag._n 220_o edit_n binii_n anno_o 1606_o felix_n bishop_n of_o rome_n and_o m.s._n and_o johan_n malela_n antiochinus_n chronic._n lib._n 10_o m.s._n john_n the_o chronographer_n of_o antioch_n report_v to_o have_v be_v ordain_v bishop_n of_o antioch_n by_o s._n

peter_n in_o special_a chrysostome_n who_o be_v a_o presbyter_n of_o the_o same_o church_n by_o encomio_fw-la by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d io._n chrysost_n in_o ignatu_fw-la encomio_fw-la the_o apostle_n in_o general_a and_o without_o all_o controversy_n do_v sit_v in_o that_o see_v the_o very_a same_o time_n wherein_o that_o epistle_n unto_o the_o angel_n of_o the_o church_n of_o ephesus_n be_v command_v to_o be_v write_v in_o the_o i_o will_v of_o patmos_n have_v s._n john_n his_o revelation_n manifest_v unto_o he_o 30._o he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d iren._n advers._fw-la haeres_fw-la lib_n 5._o cap._n 30._o towards_o the_o end_n of_o the_o empire_n of_o domitian_n as_o irenaeus_n testify_v or_o the_o fourteen_o year_n of_o his_o government_n as_o johanne_n as_o euseb_n chron._n hier._n catal._n scriptor_n ecclesiast_fw-la in_o johanne_n eusebius_n and_o hierom_n specify_v it_o from_o thence_o there_o be_v but_o twelve_o year_n reckon_v unto_o the_o ten_o of_o trajan_n wherein_o ignatius_n in_o that_o last_o journey_n which_o he_o make_v for_o the_o consummation_n of_o his_o glorious_a martyrdom_n at_o rome_n write_v another_o epistle_n unto_o the_o selfsame_o church_n of_o ephesus_n in_o which_o he_o make_v mention_n of_o their_o then_o bishop_n onesimus_n as_o it_o appear_v both_o by_o 〈◊〉_d by_o euseb_n l._n 3._o hist_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d eusebius_n cite_v this_o out_o of_o it_o and_o by_o the_o epistle_n itself_o yet_o extant_a in_o this_o epistle_n to_o the_o ephesian_n ignatius_n have_v acknowledge_v that_o their_o ephes_n their_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ignat_fw-la epist_n ad_fw-la ephes_n numerous_a multitude_n be_v receive_v by_o he_o in_o the_o person_n of_o their_o bishop_n onesimus_n and_o ibid._n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ibid._n bless_a god_n for_o grant_v unto_o they_o such_o a_o bishop_n as_o he_o be_v do_v afterward_o put_v they_o in_o mind_n of_o their_o ibid._n their_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ibid._n duty_n in_o concur_v with_o he_o as_o he_o show_v their_o worthy_a presbytery_n do_v be_v ibid._n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ibid._n so_o conjoind_v as_o he_o say_v with_o their_o bishop_n as_o the_o string_n be_v with_o the_o harp_n and_o towards_o the_o end_n exhort_v they_o to_o ibid._n to_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ibid._n obey_v both_o the_o bishop_n and_o the_o presbytery_n with_o a_o undivided_a mind_n in_o the_o same_o journey_n write_v ignatius_n also_o a_o epistle_n unto_o the_o church_n of_o smyrna_n another_o of_o those_o seven_o unto_o who_o those_o letter_n be_v direct_v in_o s._n johns_n revelation_n wherein_o he_o also_o smyrn_n also_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d id._n in_o epist_n ad_fw-la smyrn_n salute_v their_o bishop_n and_o presbytery_n exhort_v all_o the_o people_n to_o ibid._n to_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ibid._n follow_v their_o bishop_n as_o christ_n jesus_n do_v his_o father_n and_o the_o presbytery_n as_o the_o apostle_n and_o tell_v they_o that_o ibid._n that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n ibid._n no_o man_n ought_v either_o to_o administer_v the_o sacrament_n or_o do_v any_o thing_n appertain_v to_o the_o church_n without_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o bishop_n and_o that_o polycarpus_n be_v then_o bishop_n when_o s._n john_n write_v unto_o the_o angel_n of_o the_o church_n in_o smyrna_n who_o can_v better_a inform_v we_o then_o irenaeus_n who_o do_v not_o only_o know_v those_o worthy_a man_n 3._o man_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d iren._n advers._fw-la haeres_fw-la lib._n 3._o cap._n 3._o who_o succeed_v polycarpus_n in_o his_o see_n but_o also_o 〈◊〉_d also_o id._n in_o epist_n ad_fw-la florinum_fw-la apud_fw-la euseb_n lib._n 5._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o ad_fw-la victorem_fw-la ibid._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v present_a when_o he_o himself_o do_v discourse_n of_o his_o conversation_n with_o s._n john_n and_o of_o those_o thing_n which_o he_o hear_v from_o those_o who_o have_v see_v our_o lord_n jesus_n polycarpus_n 〈◊〉_d polycarpus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d iren._n lib._n 3._o cap._n 3._o vid._n &_o euseb_n lib._n 3._o hist_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v he_o be_v not_o only_o teach_v by_o the_o apostle_n and_o converse_v with_o many_o of_o those_o that_o have_v see_v christ_n but_o also_o be_v by_o the_o apostle_n constitute_v in_o asia_n bishop_n of_o the_o church_n which_o be_v in_o smyrna_n who_o we_o ourselves_o also_o do_v see_v in_o our_o young_a age_n for_o he_o continue_v long_o and_o be_v very_o age_v he_o most_o glorious_o and_o noble_o suffer_v martyrdom_n depart_v this_o life_n now_o be_v ordain_v bishop_n of_o smyrna_n by_o the_o apostle_n who_o have_v finish_v their_o course_n and_o depart_v out_o of_o this_o life_n before_o s._n john_n the_o last_o survivor_n of_o they_o do_v write_v his_o revelation_n who_o but_o he_o can_v there_o be_v mean_v by_o the_o angel_n of_o the_o church_n in_o smyrna_n in_o which_o that_o he_o still_o hold_v his_o episcopal_a office_n unto_o the_o time_n of_o his_o martyrdom_n which_o fall_v out_o lxxiv_o year_n afterward_o may_v sufficient_o appear_v by_o this_o testimony_n which_o the_o brethren_n of_o the_o church_n of_o smyrna_n who_o be_v present_a at_o his_o suffering_n give_v unto_o he_o 〈◊〉_d he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d smyrnens_fw-la eccles_n epist_n de_fw-fr martyrio_fw-la polycarpi_n euseb_n lib._n 4._o bist_fw-ge 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o be_v the_o most_o admirable_a man_n in_o our_o time_n a_o apostolical_a and_o prophetical_a doctor_n and_o bishop_n of_o the_o catholic_n church_n which_o be_v in_o smyrna_n whereunto_o we_o may_v add_v the_o like_a of_o polycrates_n bishop_n of_o ephesus_n who_o live_v also_o in_o his_o time_n and_o in_o his_o neighbourhood_n affirm_v 〈◊〉_d affirm_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d polycrat_fw-mi epist_n ad_fw-la victorem_fw-la apud_fw-la euseb_n lib._n 5._o hist_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d polycarpus_n to_o have_v be_v both_o bishop_n and_o martyr_n in_o smyrna_n so_o say_v he_o in_o his_o synodical_a epistle_n direct_v unto_o victor_n bishop_n of_o rome_n about_o 27_o year_n after_o the_o martyrdom_n of_o polycarpus_n he_o himself_o be_v at_o that_o time_n 65_o year_n of_o age_n about_o the_o very_a same_o time_n wherein_o polycrates_n write_v this_o epistle_n unto_o victor_n do_v tertullian_n publish_v his_o book_n of_o prescription_n against_o heretic_n wherein_o he_o avouch_v against_o they_o that_o 5._o that_o sicut_fw-la smyrnaeorum_n ecclesia_fw-la polycarpum_fw-la ab_fw-la johanne_n conlocatum_fw-la resert_n sicut_fw-la romanorum_fw-la clementem_fw-la à_fw-la petro_n ordinatum_fw-la edit_fw-la proinde_fw-la or_o perinde_v utique_fw-la &_o caeterae_fw-la exhibent_fw-la quos_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_n in_o episcopa_n tum_fw-la constitutos_fw-la apostolici_fw-la seminis_fw-la traduce_v habent_fw-la tertul._n de_fw-fr prescript_n cap._n 32._o vid._n &_o ejusd_v lib_n 4._o contra_fw-la martion_n cap._n 5._o as_o the_o church_n of_o smyrna_n have_v polycarpus_n place_v there_o by_o john_n and_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n clement_n ordain_v by_o peter_n so_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o church_n also_o do_v show_v what_o bishop_n they_o have_v receive_v by_o the_o appointment_n of_o the_o apostle_n to_o traduce_v the_o apostolical_a seed_n unto_o they_o and_o so_o before_o he_o do_v irenaeus_n urge_v against_o they_o 63._o they_o successiones_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la quibus_fw-la apostolicam_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o unoqueque_fw-la loco_fw-la est_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la tradiderunt_fw-la iren._n lib._n 4._o advers._fw-la haeres_fw-la cap._n 63._o the_o succession_n of_o bishop_n unto_o who_o the_o apostle_n commit_v the_o charge_n of_o the_o church_n in_o every_o place_n 20._o place_n omnes_fw-la enim_fw-la two_o valde_fw-la posteriores_fw-la sunt_fw-la quàm_fw-la episcopi_fw-la quibus_fw-la apostoli_fw-la tradiderunt_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la id._n lib._n 5._o cap._n 20._o for_o all_o the_o heretic_n faith_n he_o be_v much_o late_a than_o those_o bishop_n unto_o who_o the_o apostle_n commit_v the_o church_n and_o 3._o and_o habemus_fw-la annumerare_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_n instituti_fw-la sunt_fw-la episcopé_fw-la in_o ecclestis_fw-la &_o sucaessores_fw-la eorum_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la qui_fw-la nihil_fw-la tale_n docuerunt_fw-la neque_fw-la cognoverunt_fw-la quale_fw-la ab_fw-la his_fw-la deliratur_fw-la id._n lib._n 3._o cap._n 3._o we_o be_v able_a to_o number_v those_o who_o by_o the_o apostle_n be_v ordain_v bishop_n in_o the_o church_n and_o their_o successor_n unto_o our_o day_n who_o neither_o teach_v nor_o know_v any_o such_o thing_n as_o these_o man_n dream_v of_o for_o proof_n whereof_o he_o bring_v in_o the_o succession_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n from_o ibid._n from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d id._n ibid._n linus_n unto_o who_o the_o bless_a apostle_n commit_v that_o episcopacy_n and_o anacletus_fw-la by_o other_o call_v cletus_n and_o clement_n who_o do_v

both_o see_v the_o apostle_n and_o confer_v with_o they_o unto_o ibid._n unto_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ibid._n eleutherius_fw-la who_o when_o irenaeus_n write_v have_v the_o charge_n of_o that_o bishopric_n in_o the_o twelve_o place_n after_o the_o apostle_n concern_v who_o and_o the_o integrity_n which_o then_o continue_v in_o each_o other_o succession_n from_o the_o apostle_n day_n hegesippus_n who_o at_o the_o same_o time_n publish_v his_o history_n of_o the_o church_n say_v thus_o 〈◊〉_d thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hegesip_n apud_fw-la euseb_n lib._n 4._o hist_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d soter_n succeed_v anicetus_n and_o after_o he_o be_v eleutherius_fw-la now_o in_o every_o succession_n and_o in_o every_o city_n all_o thing_n so_o stand_v as_o the_o law_n and_o the_o prophet_n and_o our_o lord_n do_v preach_v when_o this_o 4._o this_o cum_fw-la elcutherius_fw-la vir_fw-la sanctus_fw-la pontificatui_n romanae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la praeesset_fw-la misit_fw-la ad_fw-la eum_fw-la lucius_n britanncrum_n rex_fw-la epistolam_fw-la obsecrans_fw-la ut_fw-la per_fw-la ejus_fw-la mandatum_fw-la christianus_n efficeretur_fw-la et_fw-la mox_fw-la essectum_fw-la piae_fw-la poslulationis_fw-la consecutus_fw-la est_fw-la sum_o sceptamque_fw-la fidem_fw-la britanni_n usque_fw-la in_o tempora_fw-la diocletiani_n principis_fw-la inviolatam_fw-la integramque_fw-la quietâ_fw-la pace_fw-la servabant_fw-la bed_n hist_o ecclesiast_fw-la anglor_n lib_n 1._o cap._n 4._o eleutherius_fw-la as_o our_o bede_n relate_v be_v bishop_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n lucius_n king_n of_o the_o briton_n send_v a_o epistle_n to_o he_o desire_v that_o by_o his_o mean_n he_o may_v be_v make_v christian._n who_o present_o obtain_v the_o effect_n of_o his_o pious_a request_n and_o the_o briton_n keep_v the_o faith_n then_o receive_v sound_a and_o undefiled_a in_o quiet_a peace_n until_o the_o time_n of_o dioclesian_n the_o emperor_n by_o who_o bloody_a persecution_n the_o faith_n and_o discipline_n of_o our_o british_a church_n be_v not_o yet_o so_o quite_o extinguish_v but_o that_o within_o ten_o year_n after_o and_o eleven_o before_o the_o first_o general_a council_n of_o nice_a three_o of_o our_o bishop_n be_v present_a and_o subscribe_v unto_o the_o council_n of_o arles_n 9_o arles_n tom._n 1._o concilior_fw-la gall_o i.e._n à_fw-fr sirmondo_n edit_n pag_n 9_o eborius_n of_o york_n restitutus_n of_o london_n and_o adelsius_fw-la of_o colchester_n call_v there_o colonia_n londinensium_n the_o first_o root_n of_o who_o succession_n we_o must_v fetch_v beyond_o elentherius_fw-la and_o as_o high_a as_o s._n peter_n himself_o if_o it_o be_v true_a that_o he_o lunii_fw-la he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d metaphra_v commentar_n de_fw-fr petro_n &_o paulo_n ad_fw-la diem_fw-la 29._o lunii_fw-la constitute_v church_n here_o and_o ordain_v bishop_n presbyter_n and_o deacon_n in_o they_o as_o symeon_n metaphrastes_n relate_v out_o of_o some_o part_n of_o ibid._n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ibid._n eusebius_n as_o it_o seem_v that_o be_v not_o come_v unto_o our_o hand_n but_o to_o return_v unto_o the_o angel_n of_o the_o seven_o church_n mention_v in_o the_o revelation_n of_o s._n john_n by_o what_o have_v be_v say_v it_o be_v apparent_a that_o seven_o singular_a bishop_n who_o be_v the_o constant_a precedent_n over_o those_o church_n be_v point_v at_o under_o that_o name_n for_o other_o sure_a they_o can_v not_o be_v if_o all_o of_o they_o be_v cast_v into_o one_o mould_n and_o be_v of_o the_o same_o quality_n with_o polycarpus_n the_o then_o angel_n of_o the_o church_n in_o smyrna_n who_o without_o all_o question_n be_v such_o if_o any_o credit_n may_v be_v give_v herein_o unto_o those_o that_o see_v he_o and_o be_v well_o acquaint_v with_o he_o and_o as_o tertullian_n in_o express_a term_n affirm_v he_o to_o have_v be_v place_v there_o by_o s._n john_n himself_o in_o the_o testimony_n before_o allege_v out_o of_o his_o 2._o his_o tertull._n prescript_n c._n 32._o similiter_fw-la &_o hieronymus_n in_o catal._n script_n ecclesiast_fw-la cap._n 17._o in_o polycarpo_n &_o nicepherus_n lib._n 3._o hist_o ecclesiast_fw-la cap._n 2._o prescription_n so_o do_v he_o elsewhere_o from_o the_o order_n of_o the_o succeed_a bishop_n not_o obscure_o intimate_v that_o the_o rest_n of_o that_o number_n be_v to_o be_v refer_v unto_o the_o same_o descent_n 5._o descent_n habemus_fw-la &_o joannis_n alumnas_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la nam_fw-la etsi_fw-la apocalypsim_fw-la ejus_fw-la martion_n respuit_fw-la ordo_fw-la tamen_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la ad_fw-la originem_fw-la recensus_fw-la in_fw-la joannem_fw-la stabit_fw-la auctorem_fw-la sic_fw-la &_o caeterarum_fw-la generositas_fw-la recognoscitur_fw-la tertulsian_n a_o lver_n martion_n lib._n 4._o c._n 5._o we_o have_v say_v he_o the_o church_n that_o be_v breed_v by_o john_n for_o although_o martion_n do_v reject_v his_o revelation_n yet_o the_o order_n of_o the_o bishop_n reckon_v up_o unto_o their_o original_n will_v stand_v for_o john_n to_o be_v their_o founder_n neither_o do_v the_o ancient_a writer_n of_o the_o martyrdom_n of_o timothy_n mention_v by_o photius_n mean_v any_o other_o by_o those_o seven_o bishop_n who_o assistance_n he_o say_v s._n john_n do_v use_v after_o his_o return_n from_o patmos_n in_o the_o government_n of_o the_o metropolis_n of_o the_o ephesian_n for_o 254._o for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d phot._n bibliothec._n num_fw-la 254._o be_v revoke_v from_o his_o exile_n say_v he_o by_o the_o sentence_n of_o nerva_n he_o betake_v himself_o to_o the_o metropolis_n of_o ephesus_n and_o be_v assist_v with_o the_o presence_n of_o seven_o bishop_n he_o take_v upon_o he_o the_o government_n of_o the_o metropolis_n of_o the_o ephesian_n and_o continue_v preach_v the_o word_n of_o piety_n until_o the_o empire_n of_o trajan_n that_o he_o remain_v with_o the_o ephesian_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o brethren_n of_o asia_n until_o the_o day_n of_o trajan_n and_o that_o during_o the_o time_n of_o his_o abode_n with_o they_o he_o publish_v his_o gospel_n be_v sufficient_o witness_v by_o 3_o by_o irenae_n advers._fw-la heraes_fw-la lib_n 2_o cap._n 39_o item_n lib._n 3._o c._n 1._o &_o 3_o irenaeus_n that_o upon_o his_o return_n from_o the_o island_n after_o the_o death_n of_o domitian_n he_o apply_v himself_o to_o the_o government_n of_o the_o church_n of_o asia_n be_v confirm_v likewise_o both_o by_o 9_o by_o euseb_n lib._n 3._o hist_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hieronym_n in_o catal._n scrip_n ecclesiast_fw-la cap._n 9_o eusebius_n and_o by_o t_o hierom_n who_o further_o add_v that_o matthaei_n that_o id._n ibid._n &_o praefar_n in_o evangel_n matthaei_n at_o the_o earnest_a entreaty_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o asia_n he_o write_v there_o his_o gospel_n and_o that_o he_o himself_o also_o be_v free_a from_o his_o banishment_n do_v ordain_v bishop_n in_o diverse_a church_n be_v clear_o testify_v by_o clement_n of_o alexandria_n who_o live_v in_o the_o next_o age_n after_o and_o deliver_v it_o as_o a_o certain_a truth_n which_o he_o have_v receive_v from_o those_o who_o go_v before_o he_o and_o can_v not_o be_v far_o from_o the_o time_n wherein_o the_o thing_n itself_o be_v act_v 〈◊〉_d act_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d clem._n alexandrin_n in_o lib._n de_fw-fr divite_fw-la salvando_fw-la qui_fw-la falso_fw-la origenis_n nomine_fw-la habeture_n editus_fw-la ad_fw-la calcem_fw-la tomi_n 3._o commentariorum_fw-la michaelis_fw-la ghislerii_n euseb_n hist_o lib._n 3_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d when_o s._n john_n say_v he_o domitian_n the_o tyrant_n be_v dead_a remove_v from_o the_o island_n of_o patmos_n unto_o ephesus_n by_o the_o entreaty_n of_o some_o he_o go_v also_o unto_o the_o neighbour_a nation_n in_o some_o place_n constitute_v bishop_n in_o other_o sound_v whole_a church_n among_o these_o neighbour_a church_n be_v that_o of_o hierapolis_n which_o have_v papias_n place_v 2._o place_v euseb_n lib._n 3_o hist_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hieron_n catal._n script_n ecclesiast_fw-la cap._n 18._o &_o chronic._n ad_fw-la ann_n trajin●_n 2._o bishop_n therein_o that_o this_o man_n be_v 33._o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d irenae_n advers._fw-la haetes_fw-gr lib._n 5._o cap._n 33._o a_o hearer_n of_o s._n john_n and_o a_o companion_n of_o polycarpus_n be_v testify_v by_o his_o own_o scholar_n theodoram_fw-la scholar_n irenaeus_n vir_fw-la apostolicorum_fw-la temporum_fw-la &_o papiae_fw-la auditcris_fw-la evangelistae_fw-la johannis_n discipulus_fw-la episcopus_fw-la eccle_n siam_fw-it lugdunen_n sis_fw-la hieronym_n epist_n 29._o ad_fw-la theodoram_fw-la irenaeus_n and_o that_o he_o converse_v with_o meminit_fw-la with_o he_o sunt_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la discipuli_fw-la quorum_fw-la irenaeus_n lib._n 5._o cap._n 36._o meminit_fw-la the_o disciple_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o of_o christ_n also_o he_o himself_o do_v thus_o declare_v in_o the_o proëme_n of_o the_o five_o book_n which_o he_o entitle_v a_o declaration_n of_o the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n 〈◊〉_d lord_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ita_fw-la enim_fw-la ex_fw-la graecis_fw-la mss._n &_o vetere_fw-la

rufini_n version_n locus_fw-la est_fw-la restituendus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d papias_n in_o prooemio_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d apud_fw-la euseb_n lib._n 3._o hist_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d if_o upon_o occasion_n any_o of_o the_o presbyter_n which_o have_v accompany_v the_o apostle_n do_v come_v i_o diligent_o inquire_v what_o be_v the_o speech_n which_o the_o apostle_n use_v what_o andrew_n or_o what_o peter_n do_v say_v or_o what_o philip_n or_o thomas_n or_o james_n or_o john_n or_o matthew_n or_o some_o other_o of_o the_o disciple_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o the_o thing_n that_o aristion_n and_o john_n the_o elder_a our_o lord_n disciple_n do_v speak_v ibid._n speak_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d euseb_n ibid._n the_o two_o last_o of_o who_o he_o often_o cite_v by_o name_n in_o the_o process_n of_o the_o work_n relate_v the_o passage_n in_o this_o kind_n which_o he_o have_v hear_v from_o they_o and_o thus_o have_v we_o deduce_v episcopacy_n from_o the_o apostolical_a time_n and_o declare_v withal_o that_o the_o angel_n of_o the_o seven_o church_n be_v no_o other_o but_o such_o as_o in_o the_o next_o age_n after_o the_o apostle_n be_v by_o the_o father_n term_v bishop_n it_o follow_v now_o that_o we_o inquire_v why_o these_o church_n be_v confine_v within_o the_o number_n of_o seven_o in_o the_o superscription_n of_o that_o apostolical_a epistle_n prefix_v before_o the_o book_n of_o the_o revelation_n 1.4_o revelation_n revel_v 1.4_o john_n to_o the_o seven_o church_n in_o asia_n grace_n be_v unto_o you_o and_o peace_n where_o s._n john_n direct_v his_o setter_n unto_o they_o thus_o indefinite_o without_o any_o mention_n of_o their_o particular_a name_n he_o can_v by_o common_a intendment_n be_v conceive_v to_o have_v understand_v any_o other_o thereby_o but_o such_o as_o by_o some_o degree_n of_o eminency_n be_v distinguishable_a from_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o church_n that_o be_v in_o asia_n and_o in_o some_o sort_n also_o do_v comprehend_v all_o the_o rest_n under_o they_o for_o take_v asia_n here_o in_o the_o most_o strict_a sense_n for_o the_o lydian_a or_o as_o the_o 3._o the_o co._n l._n theodos_n lib._n 16._o tit_n 1._o de_fw-la fide_fw-la cathol_a leg_n 3._o imperial_a constitution_n call_v it_o the_o proconsular_a asia_n it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v imagine_v that_o after_o so_o long_a pain_n take_v by_o the_o apostle_n and_o their_o disciple_n in_o the_o husband_n of_o that_o part_n of_o the_o lord_n vineyard_n there_o shall_v be_v find_v no_o more_o but_o seven_o church_n therein_o especial_o since_o s._n paul_n that_o 3.10_o that_o 1._o cor._n 3.10_o wise_a master_n builder_n profess_v that_o he_o have_v here_o 9_o here_o 1._o cor._n 16.8_o 9_o a_o great_a door_n and_o effectual_a open_v unto_o he_o and_o s._n luke_n testify_v according_o that_o 20._o that_o act._n 19.10_o 20._o all_o they_o which_o dwell_v in_o asia_n hear_v the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n jesus_n both_o jew_n and_o greek_n so_o mighty_o grow_v the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o prevayled_a which_o extraordinary_a blessing_n of_o god_n upon_o his_o labour_n move_v the_o apostle_n to_o make_v his_o residence_n 31._o residence_n act._n 20.18_o 31._o in_o those_o part_n for_o the_o space_n of_o three_o year_n wherein_o he_o cease_v not_o to_o warn_v every_o one_o night_n and_o day_n with_o tear_n and_o in_o particular_a among_o the_o epistle_n of_o ignatius_n write_v but_o twelve_o year_n as_o have_v be_v show_v after_o the_o mention_n of_o these_o seven_o church_n make_v in_o the_o apocalypse_n there_o be_v one_o direct_v to_o the_o church_n in_o trallis_n which_o by_o urbib_fw-la by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d step_v a_o de_fw-fr urbib_fw-la stephanus_n byzantinus_n be_v reckon_v among_o the_o city_n of_o the_o lydian_a and_o by_o pio._n by_o jul._n capitolin_n in_o antonio_n pio._n julius_n capitolinus_n of_o the_o proconsular_a asia_n wherein_o he_o make_v mention_n of_o polybius_n their_o bishop_n or_o 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d euseb_n lib._n 3._o hist_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d governor_n as_o eusebius_n call_v he_o who_o they_o have_v send_v to_o visit_v he_o at_o smyrna_n add_v withal_o his_o usual_a admonition_n trallian_n admonition_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ignat._n epist_n ad_fw-la trallian_n be_v subject_n to_o the_o bishop_n as_o to_o the_o lord_n and_o ibid._n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ibid._n to_o the_o presbytery_n as_o to_o the_o apostle_n of_o jesus_n christ_n our_o hope_n ibid._n hope_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ibid._n he_o that_o do_v any_o thing_n without_o the_o bishop_n and_o the_o presbyter_n &_o the_o deacon_n such_o a_o one_o be_v defile_v in_o conscience_n ibid._n conscience_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n ibid._n fare_v you_o well_o in_o jesus_n christ_n be_v subject_a to_o the_o bishop_n and_o likewise_o to_o the_o presbyter_n that_o in_o 29._o in_o plin._n lib._n 5._o hist_o nature_n cap._n 29._o laodicea_n sardis_n smyrna_n ephesus_n and_o 30._o and_o id._n ibid._n c._n 30._o pergamus_n the_o roman_a governor_n hold_v their_o court_n of_o justice_n to_o which_o all_o the_o city_n and_o town_n about_o have_v recourse_n for_o the_o end_n of_o their_o suit_n be_v observe_v out_o of_o pliny_n in_o 2._o in_o ptolem._n geograph_n lib._n 5._o cap._n 2._o ptolemy_n likewise_o thyatira_n be_v express_o name_v a_o metropolis_n as_o philadelphia_n also_o be_v in_o the_o 5._o the_o council_n constantino_n sub_fw-la mennâ_fw-la act._n 5._o greek_a act_n of_o the_o council_n of_o constantinople_n hold_v under_o menna_n which_o give_v we_o good_a ground_n to_o conceive_v that_o the_o seven_o city_n in_o which_o these_o seven_o church_n have_v their_o seat_n be_v all_o of_o they_o metropolitical_a and_o so_o have_v relation_n unto_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o town_n and_o city_n of_o asia_n as_o unto_o daughter_n rise_v under_o they_o the_o lydian_a asia_n be_v separate_v from_o caria_n by_o the_o river_n maeander_n upon_o the_o bank_n whereof_o be_v seat_v both_o trallis_n and_o magnesia_n which_o in_o the_o 27._o the_o hieroclis_fw-la notit_fw-la orientalis_n imperii_fw-la in_o append._n geograph_n sacr_n caroli_n à_fw-fr s._n paulo_n edit_n paris_n ann_n 1641._o pag._n 27._o civil_a list_n of_o the_o empire_n be_v place_v under_o the_o peculiar_a regiment_n of_o the_o proconsul_n of_o asia_n and_o in_o the_o 90._o the_o ordo_fw-la metropolitar_n ib._n pag._n 11._o &_o in_o tomo_fw-la 1_o juris_fw-la graeco-romani_a à_fw-la io._n le_fw-fr unclavio_n edit_n pag._n 90._o ecclesiastical_a register_n under_o the_o government_n of_o the_o metropolitan_a of_o ephesus_n but_o whether_o this_o subordination_n be_v as_o ancient_a as_o the_o day_n of_o ignatius_n who_o epistle_n be_v extant_a unto_o these_o three_o church_n and_o 〈◊〉_d and_o euseb_n lib._n 3._o hist_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d damas_n the_o than_o bishop_n of_o magnesia_n with_o polybius_n of_o trallis_n be_v at_o that_o time_n subject_a to_o onesimus_n the_o bishop_n of_o ephesus_n may_v well_o be_v doubt_v but_o that_o the_o same_o ignatius_n direct_v one_o of_o his_o epistle_n unto_o the_o church_n roman_n church_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ignat._n epist_n ad_fw-la roman_n which_o have_v presidency_n in_o the_o place_n of_o the_o region_n of_o the_o roman_n and_o in_o the_o body_n thereof_o do_v attribute_n unto_o himself_o the_o title_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o syria_n whereby_o as_o he_o intimate_v himself_o to_o have_v be_v not_o only_o the_o bishop_n of_o antioch_n but_o also_o of_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o province_n syria_n which_o be_v under_o that_o metropolis_n so_o do_v he_o likewise_o not_o obscure_o signify_v that_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n have_v at_o that_o time_n a_o presidency_n over_o the_o church_n that_o be_v in_o the_o 3._o the_o exit_fw-la vrblca_n riâ_fw-la region_fw-la cod._n theod._n lib._n 11._o tit_n 2._o leg_n 3._o vrbicarian_a region_n as_o the_o imperial_a constitution_n or_o the_o leguntur_fw-la the_o exit_fw-la provincià_fw-la romanâ_fw-la civitate_fw-la portuen_n etc._n etc._n in_o nominibus_fw-la quae_fw-la concilio_n arelatensi_fw-la i_o praefixa_fw-la leguntur_fw-la roman_a province_n as_o the_o act_n of_o the_o first_o council_n of_o arles_n call_v it_o what_o that_o vrbicarian_a region_n be_v i_o will_v not_o now_o stand_v to_o discuss_v whether_o tuscia_n only_o wherein_o rome_n itself_o be_v situate_v which_o in_o the_o day_n of_o ignatius_n be_v one_o entire_a region_n but_o afterward_o divide_v into_o tuscia_n suburbicaria_n and_o annonaria_n or_o the_o territory_n wherein_o the_o praefectus_fw-la vrbis_fw-la do_v exercise_v his_o jurisdiction_n which_o be_v confine_v within_o the_o compass_n of_o a_o hundred_o mile_n about_o the_o city_n or_o with_o that_o those_o other_o province_n also_o whereunto_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o vicarius_fw-la vrbis_fw-la do_v extend_v or_o last_o the_o circuit_n within_o which_o those_o 69_o

to_o ordain_v the_o bishop_n that_o be_v under_o he_o which_o they_o gather_v out_o of_o those_o word_n of_o s._n paul_n unto_o he_o 1.5_o he_o tit._n 1.5_o for_o this_o cause_n leave_v i_o thou_o in_o crete_n that_o thou_o shall_v set_v in_o order_n the_o thing_n that_o be_v want_v and_o ordain_v elder_n in_o every_o city_n as_o i_o have_v appoint_v thou_o out_o of_o which_o m._n calvin_n collect_v this_o doctrine_n unto_o we_o for_o the_o general_a 1.5_o general_a discimus_fw-la ex_fw-la hoc_fw-la loco_fw-la non_fw-la eam_fw-la fuisse_fw-la tunc_fw-la aequalitatem_fw-la inter_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la ministros_fw-la quin_fw-la unus_fw-la aliquis_fw-la autoritate_fw-la &_o consilio_fw-la praeesset_fw-la calvin_n in_o tit._n 1.5_o we_o learn_v out_o of_o this_o place_n that_o there_o be_v not_o then_o such_o a_o equality_n betwixt_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o church_n but_o that_o there_o be_v some_o one_o who_o be_v precedent_n over_o the_o rest_n both_o in_o authority_n and_o in_o counsel_n and_o s._n chrysostom_n for_o the_o particular_a of_o titus_n 1._o titus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chrysost_n in_o tit._n 1._o homil_n 1._o have_v he_o not_o be_v a_o approve_a man_n he_o will_v not_o have_v commit_v that_o whole_a island_n unto_o he_o he_o will_v not_o have_v command_v he_o to_o supply_v the_o thing_n that_o be_v defective_a he_o will_v not_o have_v commit_v unto_o he_o the_o judgement_n of_o so_o many_o bishop_n if_o he_o have_v not_o have_v very_o great_a confidence_n in_o the_o man_n and_o b._n jewel_n upon_o he_o again_o have_v the_o government_n of_o many_o bishop_n what_o may_v we_o call_v he_o but_o a_o archbishop_n which_o be_v not_o so_o much_o to_o be_v wonder_v at_o when_o we_o see_v that_o the_o bishop_n of_o another_o island_n stick_v not_o and_z that_o without_o any_o control_n to_o deduce_v the_o ordination_n of_o their_o metropolitan_a from_o the_o apostolic_a time_n in_o the_o face_n of_o the_o whole_a general_a council_n of_o ephesus_n for_o whereas_o the_o patriarch_n of_o antioch_n do_v claym_v a_o interest_n in_o the_o ordain_v of_o the_o metropolitan_a of_o cyprus_n the_o bishop_n of_o that_o island_n prescribe_v to_o the_o contrary_a that_o 7._o that_o a_o sanctis_fw-la apostolis_n nunquam_fw-la possunt_fw-la ostendere_fw-la quòd_fw-la adfuerit_fw-la antiochenus_fw-la &_o ordinaverit_fw-la vel_fw-la communicaverit_fw-la unquàm_fw-la insulae_fw-la ordinationis_fw-la gratiam_fw-la neque_fw-la alius_fw-la quisquam_fw-la council_n ephcsin_n act._n 7._o from_o the_o time_n of_o the_o holy_a apostle_n it_o can_v never_o be_v show_v that_o the_o bishop_n of_o antioch_n be_v ever_o present_a at_o any_o such_o ordination_n or_o do_v ever_o communicate_v the_o grace_n of_o ordination_n to_o that_o island_n and_o that_o the_o former_a bishop_n of_o constantia_n the_o metropolis_n of_o cyprus_n troilus_n sabinus_n epiphanius_n ibid._n epiphanius_n et_fw-la nunc_fw-la memorati_fw-la episcopi_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la ante_fw-la illos_fw-la sanctissimi_fw-la episcopi_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la à_fw-la sanctis_fw-la aposlolis_fw-la erant_fw-la omnes_fw-la ortho_fw-la loxi_fw-la ab_fw-la his_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o cypro_fw-la conslituti_fw-la sunt_fw-la ibid._n and_o all_o the_o holy_a and_o orthodox_n bishop_n which_o be_v before_o they_o ever_o since_o the_o holy_a apostle_n be_v constitute_v by_o those_o which_o be_v in_o cyprus_n and_o therefore_o desire_v that_o ibid._n that_o sicut_fw-la initio_fw-la à_fw-la temporibus_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la &_o constitutionibus_fw-la &_o canonibus_fw-la sanctissime_fw-la &_o magnae_fw-la synodi_fw-la nicaenae_fw-la illaesa_fw-la &_o superior_a insidiis_fw-la &_o potentiâ_fw-la permansit_fw-la nostra_fw-la cypriorum_fw-la synodus_fw-la ibid._n as_o in_o the_o begin_n from_o the_o time_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o by_o the_o constitution_n and_o canon_n of_o the_o most_o holy_a and_o great_a synod_n of_o nice_a the_o synod_n of_o the_o cyprian_a bishop_n remain_v untouched_a and_o superior_a to_o privy_a undermine_n and_o open_a power_n so_o they_o may_v still_o be_v continue_v in_o the_o possession_n of_o their_o ancient_a right_n whereupon_o the_o council_n condemn_v the_o attempt_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o antioch_n as_o ibid._n as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ibid._n a_o innovation_n bring_v in_o against_o the_o ecclesiastical_a law_n and_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o holy_a father_n do_v not_o only_a order_n that_o ibid._n that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ibid._n the_o governor_n of_o the_o church_n which_o be_v in_o cyprus_n shall_v keep_v their_o own_o right_n entire_a and_o inviolable_a according_a to_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o holy_a father_n and_o their_o ancient_a custom_n but_o also_o ibid._n also_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o pauio_n pòst_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ibid._n for_o all_o other_o diocese_n and_o province_n wheresoever_o that_o no_o bishop_n shall_v intrude_v himself_o into_o any_o other_o province_n which_o have_v not_o former_o and_o from_o the_o beginning_n be_v under_o he_o or_o his_o predecessor_n the_o beginning_n of_o which_o kind_n of_o subordination_n of_o many_o bishop_n unto_o one_o chief_a if_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v derive_v from_o apostolical_a right_n yet_o it_o be_v by_o beza_n fetch_v 4._o fetch_v neque_fw-la verò_fw-la magis_fw-la existimandum_fw-la est_fw-la hunc_fw-la externum_fw-la ordinem_fw-la fuisse_fw-la initio_fw-la humani_fw-la generis_fw-la pagi_n enim_fw-la ex_fw-la familiis_fw-la &_o ex_fw-la pagis_fw-la urbes_fw-la &_o ex_fw-la urbibus_fw-la civitates_fw-la ipsae_fw-la suadente_fw-la naturâ_fw-la &_o necessitate_v flagitante_fw-la senfim_fw-la coierunt_fw-la aliis_fw-la aliorum_fw-la exemplum_fw-la secutis_fw-la bez._n de_fw-fr divers_a gradib_fw-la ministr_n contr_n sarav_fw-mi cap._n 24._o §_o 4._o from_o the_o same_o light_n of_o nature_n and_o enforcement_n of_o necessity_n whereby_o man_n be_v at_o first_o induce_v to_o enter_v into_o consociation_n subject_v one_o unto_o another_o and_o by_o bucer_n acknowledge_v to_o have_v 565._o have_v atque_fw-la hoc_fw-la consentiebat_fw-la legi_fw-la christi_fw-la siebatque_fw-la ex_fw-la jure_fw-la corporis_fw-la christi_fw-la m._n bucer_n de_fw-fr vi_fw-la &_o usu_fw-la s._n ministerii_fw-la inter_fw-la scripta_fw-la ejus_fw-la anglicana_n pag._n 565._o be_v consentaneous_a to_o the_o law_n of_o christ_n and_o to_o have_v be_v do_v by_o the_o right_n of_o the_o body_n of_o christ_n and_o by_o all_o man_n must_v be_v confess_v to_o be_v conformable_a to_o the_o pattern_n deliver_v by_o god_n unto_o moses_n for_o have_v set_v apart_o the_o three_o family_n of_o the_o levit_n for_o his_o own_o service_n and_o constitute_v a_o chief_a as_o we_o have_v hear_v over_o every_o of_o they_o he_o place_v immediate_o over_o they_o all_o not_o aaron_n the_o high_a priest_n but_o eleazar_n his_o son_n say_v 3.32_o say_v num._n 3.32_o eleazar_n the_o son_n of_o aaron_n the_o priest_n shall_v be_v chief_a over_o the_o chief_a of_o the_o levite_n and_o have_v the_o oversight_n of_o they_o that_o keep_v the_o charge_n of_o the_o sanctuary_n in_o respect_n of_o which_o oversight_n as_o he_o have_v by_o the_o septuagint_n warrantable_o enough_o by_o the_o word_n of_o god_n give_v unto_o he_o the_o name_n of_o 4.16_o of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lxx_o num._n 4.16_o a_o bishop_n so_o the_o holy_a ghost_n have_v vouchsafe_v to_o honour_v he_o with_o the_o title_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 3.32_o 〈◊〉_d jid._n num._n 3.32_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o precedent_n of_o the_o precedent_n of_o the_o levite_n none_o that_o without_o prejudice_n do_v take_v the_o matter_n into_o consideration_n will_v much_o stick_v to_o afford_v unto_o he_o the_o name_n of_o a_o archbishop_n at_o least_o he_o will_v be_v teach_v hereby_o to_o retain_v that_o reverend_a opinion_n of_o the_o primitive_a bishop_n of_o the_o christian_a church_n who_o so_o willing_o submit_v themselves_o not_o only_o to_o the_o archiepiscopall_a but_o also_o to_o a_o patriarchicall_a government_n which_o calvin_n profess_v he_o do_v that_o in_o all_o this_o they_o be_v far_o from_o have_v a_o thought_n 4._o thought_n reperiemus_fw-la veteres_fw-la episcopos_fw-la non_fw-la aliam_fw-la regendae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la formam_fw-la voluisse_fw-la fingere_fw-la ab_fw-la eam_fw-la quam_fw-la deus_fw-la verbo_fw-la svo_fw-la praescripsit_fw-la calvin_n institut_fw-la lib._n 4._o cap._n 4._o §._o 4._o to_o devise_v another_o form_n of_o church-government_n then_o that_o which_o god_n have_v prescribe_v in_o his_o word_n a_o geographical_a and_o historical_a disquifition_n touch_v the_o lydian_a or_o proconsular_a asia_n and_o the_o seven_o metropolitical_a church_n contain_v therein_o as_o the_o lesser_a asia_n now_o call_v anatolia_n or_o anatolia_n be_v a_o part_n of_o the_o great_a and_o asia_n proper_o so_o call_v a_o part_n of_o that_o lesser_a so_o the_o lydian_a or_o proconsular_a asia_n be_v a_o parcel_n of_o that_o asia_n which_o be_v proper_o so_o call_v for_o the_o full_a understanding_n whereof_o we_o be_v to_o call_v to_o mind_n that_o the_o roman_n have_v possess_v themselves_o of_o the_o country_n which_o have_v former_o belong_v unto_o the_o pergamen_fw-la

in_o sin_n lib._n 17._o pag._n 840._o by_o augustus_n caesar_n former_o make_v one_o entire_a consular_a province_n for_o the_o proconsul_n of_o asia_n have_v but_o two_o province_n under_o his_o jurisdiction_n before_o that_o of_o hellespont_n be_v cast_v upon_o he_o by_o theodosius_n the_o elder_a the_o one_o in_o the_o continent_n which_o he_o govern_v by_o himself_o the_o other_o in_o the_o land_n which_o he_o rule_v by_o a_o precedent_n it_o be_v know_v breviario_fw-la know_v sub_fw-la vespasiano_n principe_fw-la insularum_fw-la provincia_fw-la facta_fw-la est_fw-la sexr_n rufus_n in_o breviario_fw-la that_o the_o rhodes_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o those_o land_n be_v first_o make_v a_o province_n by_o vespasian_n and_o from_o his_o time_n downward_o long_o before_o the_o distribution_n of_o the_o empire_n make_v by_o constantine_n there_o remain_v a_o continue_a memory_n of_o the_o proconsul_n of_o asia_n for_o in_o his_o son_n day_n we_o find_v casauboni_n find_v plin._n lib._n 4._o epist_n 3._o &_o 5._o vid._n jul._n capitolin_n in_o antonino_n pio_n cum_fw-la notis_fw-la casauboni_n arrius_n antoninus_n to_o have_v be_v proconsul_n of_o asia_n and_o 7._o and_o acta_fw-la graeca_n timothei_n apud_fw-la p._n halloix_n notat_fw-la in_o vit._n polycarpi_n cap._n 7._o peregrinus_n in_o the_o reign_n of_o nerva_n under_o who_o timothy_n suffer_v at_o ephesus_n pio._n ephesus_n jul._n capitolin_n in_o antonino_n pio._n antoninus_n pius_n 128._o pius_n justin_n martyr_n in_o apologiâad_a antonin_n &_o ex_fw-la eo_fw-la euseb_n lib._n 4._o hist_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o chronic-ann_a christ_n 128._o serenius_fw-la grannianus_n and_o minucius_n fundanus_n boar_n the_o same_o office_n under_o the_o emperor_n hadrian_n and_o in_o the_o day_n of_o marcus_n aurelius_n 235._o aurelius_n fasti_fw-la sicult_a ad_fw-la ann_n 4._o o._n lymp_n 235._o tatius_n quadratus_n under_o who_o polycarpus_n suffer_v martyrdom_n at_o smyrna_n as_o pionius_n also_o do_v afterward_o in_o the_o same_o place_n under_o 257._o under_o ibid._n ad_fw-la ann_n 4._o olymp._n 257._o proclus_n quintianus_n there_o be_v mention_n also_o make_v by_o aelius_n lampridius_n of_o the_o proconsulship_n of_o another_o do_v another_o lamprid._n in_o commo_fw-la do_v arrius_n antoninus_n under_o commodus_n and_o ulpian_n in_o his_o first_o book_n of_o the_o proconsul_n office_n allege_v procon_n allege_v imperator_fw-la noster_fw-la antoninus_n augustus_n ad_fw-la de_fw-la sideria_fw-la asianorum_n rescripsit_fw-la proconsuli_fw-la necessitatem_fw-la imposit_v be_o per_fw-la mare_fw-la asiam_fw-la applicare_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pri_fw-la mam_n attingere_fw-la ulpian_n in_o l._n observare_fw-la d._n the_o ossic_a procon_n a_o rescript_n of_o the_o emperor_n antoninus_n whereby_o a_o necessity_n be_v impose_v upon_o the_o proconsul_n to_o pass_v into_o asiaby_n sea_n and_o among_o the_o other_o metropoles_fw-la whereof_o we_o hear_v there_o be_v many_o to_o arrive_v first_o at_o ephesus_n but_o after_o the_o day_n of_o constantine_n the_o distinction_n of_o the_o office_n of_o the_o vicarius_fw-la dioecesis_fw-la asianae_fw-la and_o the_o proconsul_n asiae_n do_v more_o evident_o occur_v especial_o in_o eunapius_n where_o he_o tell_v how_o in_o his_o time_n valens_n be_v then_o emperor_n of_o the_o east_n clearchus_n be_v prefer_v unto_o they_o both_o for_o first_o he_o declare_v that_o he_o be_v make_v maximi_fw-la make_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d eunap_n in_o vitâ_fw-la maximi_fw-la governor_n of_o all_o that_o asia_n the_o jurisdiction_n whereof_o do_v extend_v from_o hellespont_n through_o lydia_n and_o pisidia_n unto_o pamphylia_n where_o in_o stead_n of_o lydia_n which_o at_o that_o time_n as_o we_o will_v show_v do_v belong_v unto_o the_o proconsular_a asia_n we_o be_v to_o put_v phrygia_n which_o appertain_v to_o this_o and_o aswell_o in_o the_o 16.6_o the_o act._n 2.9_o 10._o &_o 16.6_o act_n of_o the_o apostle_n as_o in_o the_o epistle_n of_o the_o church_n of_o vienna_n and_o lion_n recite_v by_o eusebius_n be_v express_o exclude_v from_o that_o other_o asia_n 〈◊〉_d asia_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d euseb_n lib._n 5._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d then_o touch_v the_o advancement_n of_o clearchus_n to_o the_o other_o government_n eunapius_n write_v thus_o ibid._n thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d id._n ibid._n thing_n prosperous_o succeed_v valens_n be_v wonderful_o well_o please_v with_o clearchus_n and_o be_v so_o far_o from_o deprive_v he_o of_o his_o former_a charge_n that_o he_o advance_v he_o unto_o a_o great_a government_n appoint_v he_o to_o be_v proconsul_n of_o asia_n now_o proper_o so_o call_v this_o from_o pergamus_n downward_o take_v the_o sea-coast_n into_o it_o towards_o the_o adjacent_a continent_n reach_v unto_o caria_n the_o mountain_n tmolus_n circumscribe_v that_o of_o it_o which_o belong_v unto_o lydia_n of_o the_o government_n it_o be_v the_o most_o honourable_a and_o be_v not_o subject_a to_o the_o praefectus_fw-la praetorio_fw-la save_v that_o now_o by_o reason_n of_o these_o late_a commotion_n all_o thing_n be_v again_o confound_v and_o disturb_v in_o which_o word_n touch_v this_o proconsular_a asia_n we_o may_v observe_v first_o the_o name_n which_o he_o give_v unto_o it_o of_o asia_n now_o proper_o so_o call_v then_o the_o limit_n wherewith_o he_o circumscribe_v it_o as_o it_o yet_o stand_v in_o the_o day_n of_o the_o emperor_n valens_n and_o last_o the_o change_n which_o afterward_o do_v happen_v therein_o in_o the_o first_o of_o which_o we_o be_v to_o consider_v that_o the_o asia_n now_o proper_o so_o call_v be_v but_o a_o parcel_n of_o that_o which_o in_o former_a time_n the_o roman_n call_v their_o proper_a asia_n and_o that_o as_o the_o title_n of_o asia_n then_o proper_o so_o call_v be_v use_v by_o they_o as_o a_o term_n to_o distinguish_v it_o from_o asia_n minor_fw-la so_o now_o it_o have_v a_o like_a relation_n unto_o the_o asian_a diocese_n from_o which_o as_o a_o member_n from_o the_o whole_a by_o this_o specification_n of_o the_o name_n it_o be_v discriminared_a second_o touch_v the_o limit_n thereof_o it_o may_v be_v note_v that_o as_o galen_n in_o the_o place_n before_o allege_v make_v the_o hellespontian_n mysia_n which_o in_o the_o old_a distribution_n of_o the_o empire_n be_v within_o the_o precinct_n of_o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o the_o vicarius_fw-la dioecesis_fw-la asianae_fw-la to_o be_v conterminous_a unto_o pergamus_n where_o he_o himself_o be_v bear_v so_o eunapius_n from_o the_o same_o pergamus_n or_o the_o pergamen_fw-la mysia_n rather_o begin_v the_o bound_n of_o the_o proconsular_a asia_n extend_v the_o length_n thereof_o from_o thence_o downward_o unto_o caria_n and_o the_o breadth_n from_o the_o sea_n unto_o tmolus_n 629._o tmolus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d strabo_n lib._n 13._o pag._n 629._o a_o mountain_n place_v in_o the_o eastern_a border_n of_o lydia_n which_o be_v by_o euripides_n in_o his_o bacchae_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o fortress_n of_o lydia_n and_o on_o the_o side_n whereof_o sardis_n a_o chief_a city_n of_o that_o province_n and_o eunapius_n his_o own_o country_n be_v not_o only_o by_o he_o bacchis_n he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d euripid._n in_o bacchis_n but_o also_o by_o 101._o by_o herodot_n lib._n 1._o §_o 84._o &_o lib._n 5._o §._o 101._o herodotus_n 625._o herodotus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d strab._n l._n 13._o pag._n 625._o strabo_n and_o 29._o and_o lydia_n celebratur_fw-la maxim_n sardibus_fw-la in_o latere_fw-la tmoli_n montis_fw-la qui_fw-la antè_fw-la tmolus_n appellabatur_fw-la plin._n lib._n 5._o c._n 29._o pliny_n howsoever_o ptolemy_n misplace_v it_o sufficient_o prove_v to_o have_v be_v situate_v by_o which_o description_n it_o appear_v that_o the_o proconsular_a asia_n be_v the_o same_o with_o the_o old_a lydian_a asia_n within_o the_o compass_n whereof_o all_o those_o seven_o church_n be_v comprehend_v which_o be_v mention_v in_o the_o book_n of_o the_o revelation_n three_o for_o the_o change_n which_o follow_v afterward_o we_o find_v that_o by_o theodosius_n the_o elder_n who_o succeed_v valens_n in_o the_o eastern_a empire_n the_o leg_n the_o l._n offic._n hestesponti_n c._n the_o offic_n commit_v sacri_fw-la potrimon_n vel_fw-la pouùs_fw-la proconsalis_fw-la &_o leg_n consular_a hellespont_n wherein_o that_o hellespontian_n mysia_n be_v contain_v which_o border_v upon_o pergamena_n be_v take_v from_o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o the_o vicarius_fw-la of_o the_o asian_a diocese_n and_o put_v under_o the_o power_n of_o the_o proconsul_n of_o asia_n and_o either_o by_o he_o or_o his_o son_n arcadius_n the_o inland_n province_n of_o lydia_n on_o the_o other_o side_n take_v from_o the_o proconsul_n of_o asia_n and_o subject_v to_o the_o vicarius_fw-la of_o the_o asian_a diocese_n which_o be_v the_o cause_n why_o palladius_n 〈◊〉_d palladius_n palladius_n in_o vitâ_fw-la chrysostomi_n &_o ex_fw-la eo_fw-la georgius_n alexandrinus_n tomo_fw-la 8._o edit_fw-la graec._n oper_n chrysost_n pag._n 202._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d speak_v of_o the_o asian_a

bishop_n of_o rome_n for_o that_o by_o africa_n in_o those_o counsel_n be_v understand_v the_o jurisdiction_n or_o diocese_n of_o africa_n contain_v the_o six_o province_n tripolitana_n byzacena_n zeugitana_n or_o proconsularis_fw-la which_o be_v that_o where_o carthage_n stand_v numidia_n mauritania_n caesareensis_fw-la and_o mauritania_n sitiphensis_fw-la i_o make_v no_o question_n and_o that_o of_o these_o province_n the_o counsel_n of_o africa_n do_v consist_v may_v in_o the_o book_n of_o counsel_n be_v easy_o observe_v or_o if_o that_o be_v not_o clear_a enough_o but_o yet_o the_o second_o canon_n of_o the_o first_o general_a council_n of_o constantinople_n will_v put_v all_o out_o of_o question_n where_o it_o be_v precise_o decree_v that_o the_o bishop_n of_o alexandria_n shall_v intermeddle_v only_o with_o the_o affair_n of_o the_o diocese_n of_o egypt_n which_o be_v altogether_o another_o diocese_n from_o that_o of_o africa_n confine_v only_o with_o it_o as_o i_o before_o note_v at_o the_o bottom_n of_o the_o great_a syrtis_n so_o may_v also_o the_o other_o reason_n for_o the_o superiority_n of_o rome_n in_o respect_n of_o africa_n be_v well_o satisfy_v for_o first_o to_o the_o proposition_n of_o augustine_n in_o epist_n 162._o that_o caecilianus_n may_v have_v reserve_v his_o cause_n to_o the_o transmarine_a bishop_n it_o be_v i_o take_v it_o to_o be_v understand_v that_o he_o may_v so_o do_v not_o by_o way_n of_o ordinary_a appeal_v but_o of_o extraordinary_a complaint_n and_o that_o not_o to_o any_o one_o bishop_n alone_o as_o he_o of_o rome_n but_o to_o the_o counsel_n of_o bishop_n for_o augustine_n say_v plain_o in_o the_o same_o epistle_n that_o there_o be_v thousand_o of_o those_o colleague_n where_o the_o difference_n may_v have_v be_v determine_v so_o that_o augustine_n meaning_n be_v not_o that_o any_o of_o those_o trans_fw-la marine_a bishop_n can_v direct_o by_o way_n of_o injunction_n as_o superior_a command_v the_o order_n of_o the_o 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for_o the_o other_o place_n in_o the_o 48._o epistle_n augustine_n say_v not_o absolute_o that_o the_o partaker_n of_o donatus_n shall_v have_v convict_v caecilianus_n before_o his_o transmarine_a colleague_n but_o respective_o that_o they_o shall_v so_o have_v do_v before_o they_o have_v complain_v to_o the_o emperor_n namely_o because_o that_o proceed_n have_v be_v more_o charitable_a and_o orderly_o that_o bishop_n of_o the_o church_n shall_v determine_v the_o controversy_n of_o the_o church_n and_o less_o scandalous_a and_o yet_o further_o if_o he_o have_v say_v absolute_o that_o they_o shall_v have_v convict_v he_o before_o the_o transmarine_a bishop_n i_o shall_v understand_v it_o speak_v not_o in_o respect_n of_o any_o due_a jurisdiction_n over_o africa_n belong_v to_o any_o bishop_n beyond_o the_o sea_n but_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o present_a case_n and_o necessity_n of_o the_o church_n of_o africa_n because_o the_o bishop_n of_o africa_n be_v in_o a_o horrible_a schism_n about_o that_o controversy_n it_o be_v impossible_a in_o any_o good_a sort_n to_o be_v determine_v among_o they_o now_o for_o leo_n his_o decree_n touch_v lupicinus_n as_o it_o prove_v indeed_o a_o challenge_n of_o jurisdiction_n so_o the_o african_n excommunicate_v of_o he_o notwithstanding_o his_o appeal_n to_o rome_n seem_v likewise_o to_o prove_v that_o they_o acknowledge_v it_o not_o but_o this_o matter_n of_o appeal_v be_v but_o a_o extraordinary_a prerogative_n for_o which_o leo_n may_v have_v either_o a_o just_a title_n or_o at_o least_o a_o fair_a pretence_n because_o the_o receive_n and_o determine_v of_o appeal_v be_v in_o the_o great_a council_n of_o sardica_n can._n 3._o grant_v to_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n but_o for_o his_o practise_v of_o ordinary_a jurisdiction_n in_o africa_n and_o uncalled_a which_o as_o appear_v by_o the_o allege_v epistle_n leo_n then_o begin_v to_o do_v whereas_o his_o predecessor_n have_v receive_v the_o repulse_n about_o the_o challenge_n of_o appeal_v in_o africa_n within_o the_o remembrance_n of_o they_o which_o be_v then_o no_o very_a old_a man_n for_o that_o i_o say_v i_o see_v no_o reason_n why_o leo_n shall_v do_v it_o but_o yet_o see_v he_o will_v do_v it_o i_o see_v some_o reason_n why_o he_o shall_v do_v it_o then_o for_o the_o year_n before_o leo_n come_v to_o the_o papacy_n carthage_n be_v take_v and_o africa_n conquer_v by_o gensericus_fw-la king_n of_o the_o vandal_n and_o all_o the_o catholic_n bishop_n either_o banish_v out_o of_o africa_n or_o live_v if_o they_o stay_v under_o heavy_a persecution_n and_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o strait_a edict_n of_o gensericus_fw-la not_o any_o new_a bishop_n suffer_v in_o place_n of_o the_o former_a to_o be_v ordain_v although_o contrary_a to_o the_o edict_n some_o be_v ordain_v secret_o this_o be_v a_o fit_a time_n i_o say_v for_o leo_n not_o only_o to_o renew_v the_o old_a claim_n about_o appeal_v but_o to_o practice_v a_o new_a jurisdiction_n when_o africa_n be_v utter_o 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primate_n of_o its_o own_o which_o as_o i_o take_v be_v the_o archbishop_n of_o york_n for_o three_o metropolitan_n there_o be_v in_o britain_n as_o there_o be_v then_o but_o three_o province_n in_o the_o time_n of_o constantine_n the_o great_a and_o of_o the_o nicene_n council_n one_o of_o maxima_fw-la caesariensis_n the_o bishop_n of_o york_n another_o of_o britannia_fw-la prima_fw-la the_o bishop_n of_o london_n the_o three_o of_o britannia_fw-la secunda_fw-la 11._o antiq._n britan_n pag._n 11._o the_o bishop_n of_o isca_n caeruske_n in_o monmouth-shire_n which_o till_o king_n arthur_n time_n continue_v there_o and_o be_v then_o translate_v to_o s._n david_n where_o it_o remain_v also_o in_o the_o form_n of_o a_o archbishopric_a have_v the_o bishop_n of_o wales_n for_o his_o suffragans_fw-la till_o king_n henry_n the_o first_o his_o time_n by_o who_o it_o be_v bring_v under_o the_o obedience_n of_o canterbury_n and_o although_o britain_n be_v after_o divide_v into_o five_o province_n 117._o notitia_fw-la provinciar_n occident_n fol._n 117._o valentia_n and_o flavia_n caesariensis_n be_v add_v to_o the_o former_a yet_o these_o be_v erect_v and_o take_v out_o of_o the_o other_o after_o the_o time_n of_o the_o nicene_n council_n the_o ancient_a metropolitan_a church_n by_o the_o decree_n of_o that_o council_n retain_v their_o ancient_a prerogative_n which_o they_o shall_v have_v lose_v 6._o canon_n 6._o if_o any_o of_o their_o suffragans_fw-la have_v become_v metropolitan_o and_o so_o have_v be_v withdraw_v from_o their_o jurisdiction_n the_o archbishop_n of_o york_n i_o say_v be_v primate_n of_o britain_n while_o the_o roman_n hold_v the_o government_n and_o after_o while_o the_o britain_n be_v hold_v the_o possession_n of_o england_n for_o although_o london_n be_v ancient_o a_o city_n of_o great_a trade_n as_o tacitus_n record_v of_o it_o yet_o want_v it_o the_o prerogative_n that_o york_n then_o have_v annal._n tacitus_n l._n 14._o annal._n for_o first_o york_n be_v the_o

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my_o purpose_n and_o to_o take_v the_o trouble_n myself_o for_o your_o satisfaction_n howsoever_o it_o fall_v out_o i_o doubt_v not_o but_o you_o will_v accept_v what_o be_v well_o write_v for_o my_o good_a will_n sake_n to_o pleasure_v you_o who_o be_o not_o wont_a to_o write_v discourse_n of_o this_o kind_n to_o many_o man_n and_o pardon_v the_o imperfection_n and_o error_n which_o may_v perhaps_o escape_v i_o because_o it_o be_v my_o intention_n to_o write_v the_o truth_n whereof_o i_o have_v not_o where_o witting_o fail_v and_o because_o my_o little_a leisure_n and_o little_a learning_n will_v not_o allow_v i_o on_o the_o sudden_a to_o do_v better_o finis_fw-la the_o validity_n of_o the_o ordination_n of_o the_o miniser_n of_o the_o reform_a church_n beyond_o the_o sea_n maintain_v against_o the_o romanist_n by_o francis_n mason_n with_o a_o brief_a declaration_n premise_v thereunto_o of_o the_o several_a form_n of_o government_n receive_v in_o those_o church_n by_o john_n duree_n 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